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Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country near Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line and just north of the equator. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 205 entities connected with the Marshall Islands. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the Marshall Islands. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the Marshall Islands

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the Marshall Islands.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 72 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Marshall Islands.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister in Assistance to the President1--
Minister of Culture & Internal Affairs1--
Minister of Education, Sports, & Training1--
Minister of Environment1--
Minister of Finance, Banking, & Postal Services1--
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade1--
Minister of Health & Human Services1--
Minister of Internal Affairs-11
Minister of Justice, Immigration, and Labour111
Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce12-
Minister of Public Works--1
Minister of Public Works, Infrastructure, & Utilities1--
Minister of Transportation, Communication, & Information Technology1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Nitijela-31-
Vice-Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands--1
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Marshall Islands-1-
Ambassador to the US1--
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President of the Marshall Islands-51
Minister of Foreign Affairs-21
Minister of Health-21
Minister of Education-11
Minister of Finance-11
Minister of Transportation and Communication-11
Attorney General1--
Commissioner, Bank of the Marshall Islands1--
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trader of the Republic of the Marshall Islands1--
President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...