10 Facts About Mattlan Zackhras

Mattlan Zackhras was a Marshallese politician and government minister.

Mattlan Zackhras was a member of the Nitijela for Namdrik Atoll since 2004 and was serving as Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall Islands under President Hilda Heine from January 2016 until his death.

Mattlan Zackhras graduated from the Marshall Islands High School in 1989.

Mattlan Zackhras then received his bachelor's degree in businessman administration and management from Urbana University.

Mattlan Zackhras was deputy chief of mission in the Marshall Islands Embassy in Washington DC, United States, for around seven years.

Mattlan Zackhras was elected as a member of Nitijela for Namdrik Atoll in the 2003 Marshallese general election and assumed office in January 2004.

Mattlan Zackhras was re-elected for his constituency in the 2007 elections and served as Minister of Resources and Development from 2008 to 2012.

Mattlan Zackhras was elected in the 2011 elections and finally the 2015 Marshallese general election.

Mattlan Zackhras died of heart failure in the Shuang Ho Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 8,2017, aged 47.

Mattlan Zackhras was survived by his spouse, Angela J Zackhras, and three children.