1. John Richard Haglelgam was a Micronesian politician who served as the second President of the Federated States of Micronesia.
18 Facts About John Haglelgam
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John Haglelgam attended Eauripik Elementary School and the Outer Islands High School on Ulithi, Yap from 1964 to 1968.
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John Haglelgam attended Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, for one year and returned home to run for a seat in the Congress of Micronesia House of Representatives to represent the Outer Islands of Yap.
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John Haglelgam was at the University of Hawaii when he was re-elected to a second term in the House of Representatives.
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John Haglelgam received a Master of Arts degree in Political Science in the spring of 1977.
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One year after his unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1991, Mr John Haglelgam attended Harvard's Kennedy School where he received a master's degree in Public Administration in 1993.
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John Haglelgam began his sixteen years of service to the people of Micronesia in 1974 when he successfully ran for a seat in the House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia.
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Mr John Haglelgam was a member of the House of Representatives until the ratification of the FSM Constitution in 1978.
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John Haglelgam was a member of the Interim Congress until the election for members of the First Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia in 1979.
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John Haglelgam served as Chairman of the FSM Delegation to the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference.
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John Haglelgam attended many meetings of the Conference on behalf the Federated States of Micronesia.
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John Haglelgam served as a staff member of the Micronesian Constitutional Convention in 1977.
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At the College of Micronesia-FSM, John Haglelgam taught government and politics, Micronesian history, world history, and East Asian history.
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John Haglelgam served as the president of the 3rd FSM Constitutional Convention in 2001.
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John Haglelgam described proponents of independence as "clinical crazy people".
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John Haglelgam was married to Paula Ori from Uman Island in Chuuk Lagoon.
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John Haglelgam was an active member of the Harvard Alumni Association and the East-West Center Association.
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John Haglelgam died in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 12,2024, at the age of 75.