List of presidents of the Marshall Islands

The following is a list of presidents of the Marshall Islands, since the creation of that office in 1979.

List of presidents of the Marshall Islands

No.	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political affiliation	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Amata Kabua (1928–1996)	November 17, 1979	December 20, 1996	17 years, 94 days	Independent	Died in office
- (Acting)		Kunio Lemari (1942–2008)	December 20, 1996	January 14, 1997	25 days	Aelon̄ Kein Ad United Democratic Party
2		Imata Kabua (1943–2019)	January 14, 1997	January 10, 2000	2 years, 361 days	Aelon̄ Kein Ad United Democratic Party
3		Kessai Note (1950–)	January 10, 2000	January 14, 2008	8 years, 4 days	United Democratic Party	First non Iroijlaplap (Chief)
4		Litokwa Tomeing (1939–2020)	January 14, 2008	October 21, 2009	1 year, 280 days	United People's Party	Ousted in a Vote of No Confidence
- (Acting)		Ruben Zackhras (1947–)	October 21, 2009	November 2, 2009	12 days	United Democratic Party
5		Jurelang Zedkaia (1950–2015)	November 2, 2009	January 10, 2012	2 years, 68 days	Independent
6		Christopher Loeak (1952–)	January 10, 2012	January 11, 2016	4 years, 1 day	Independent
7		Casten Nemra (1971–)	January 11, 2016	January 28, 2016	17 days	Independent	Ousted in a Vote of No Confidence
8		Hilda C. Heine (1951–)	January 28, 2016	January 13, 2020	3 years, 350 days	Independent
9		David Kabua (1951–)	January 13, 2020	January 3, 2024	3 years, 355 days	Aelon̄ Kein Ad United Democratic Party
(8)		Hilda C. Heine (1951–)	January 3, 2024	Incumbent	List Of Presidents Of The Marshall Islands Media Kunio Lemari Imata Kabua, second president of the Marshall Islands Then-Senator Ruben Zackhras (right) with colleague former President and Senator Litokwa Tomeing at Nitijela in 2013. Both were elected to the first Nitijela in 1979. 286 days	Independent