{"id":"imata-kabua","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imata-kabua","language":"en","name":"Imata Kabua","name_en":"Imata Kabua","name_ne":null,"description":"Former President of the Marshall Islands (1943-2019)","headline":"Former President of the Marshall Islands (1943-2019)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Iroijlaplap Imata Jabro Kabua was a Marshallese politician, who served as the President of the Marshall Islands from 14 January 1997 to 10 January 2000. He reigned as the Iroijlaplap of Kwajalein after the death of his cousin, Amata Kabua, in 1996 until his own death in 2019.\nImata's close family and friends Kava Club. In 2007 Imata would meet with close family and friends to discuss politics and life in the Marshall Islands. Senators and other influential Marshallese foes would periodically join in to discuss their future.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 May 1943","date":"1943-05-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kwajalein Atoll","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309172"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"18 September 2019","date":"2019-09-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Honolulu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18094"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Marshall Islands","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Aelon̄ Kein Ad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4687713"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13371"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Marshall Islands (14 January 1997 – 10 January 2000)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736673","start":"1997-01-14","end":"2000-01-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imata_Kabua","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Imata Kabua born?","a":"Imata Kabua was born on 20 May 1943 in Kwajalein Atoll."},{"q":"What positions has Imata Kabua held?","a":"Positions held by Imata Kabua include: President of the Marshall Islands (1997–2000)."},{"q":"Where did Imata Kabua study?","a":"Imata Kabua was educated at Harvard University."}],"related":[{"name":"Ruben Zackhras","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ruben-zackhras"},{"name":"Kunio Lemari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kunio-lemari"},{"name":"Casten Nemra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/casten-nemra"},{"name":"David Kabua","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-kabua"},{"name":"Hilda Heine","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hilda-heine"},{"name":"Amata Kabua","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/amata-kabua"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/imata-kabua-b7678528e6.jpg","width":500,"height":652,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Office of the President and Cabinet","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imata_Kabua.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Imata Kabua","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imata_Kabua","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q12917","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12917","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Imata Kabua.jpg by Office of the President and Cabinet (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imata_Kabua.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Imata Kabua, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Imata Kabua.jpg — Office of the President and Cabinet, Public domain.","cite":"\"Imata Kabua\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/imata-kabua. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/imata-kabua","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/imata-kabua","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/imata-kabua?lang=ne"}}