John Silk (born 15 September 1956) is a Marshallese lawyer and politician who served as

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in the cabinet of President

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. He was born on 15 September 1956 in Kwajalein. He has worked as a lawyer. Silk was elected to

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(Marshall Islands parliament) from

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in 2000. He was eight years as minister of resources and development in the cabinet of

Kessai Note Kessai Hesa Note (born August 7, 1950, in Ailinglaplap) is a Marshallese politician who was President of the Marshall Islands from 2000 to 2008. Elected in 1979 alongside Litokwa Tomeing, Note is one of the two longest-serving members of Niti ...

from 2000 to 2007. He was appointed as foreign minister in 2009. He was Minister in Assistance to the President from September 2017 following the death of

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to October 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Silk, John 1956 births Living people Ministers in assistance to the president of Marshall Islands Ministers of foreign affairs of the Marshall Islands Members of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands Marshallese lawyers