Atlan Anien
{{Short description|Politician}}
Atlan Anien (January 17, 1920 – 1992) was a speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands.{{Cite web |url=http://pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010---4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text---00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL1.8&d=HASH01a1064060bc9b6f51af8478.21 |title=Atlan Anien |publisher=pacificdigitallibrary.org |accessdate=November 26, 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.goshen.edu/news/bulletin/01sept/anien_atlan_59.php |title=Anien Atlan |publisher=goshen.edu |accessdate=November 26, 2016}}
Biography
Anien began his education at the US Navy Interpreter School and subsequently went to Goshen College and then the University of Hawaii.
Anien taught elementary schools for 7 years and later was appointed Superintendent of Elementary Education in the Marshall Islands.
Anien was elected Secretary of the Marshall Islands and was a framer of the Constitution. Later, he was elected as Speaker of the Legislature in 1979 and served until 1987.{{cite web | last=Jacklick | first=Cutty WaSe | title=Republic of the Marshall Islands | website=Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands | url=https://rmiparliament.org/cms/component/content/article.html?id=38:senator-kenneth-kedi,-the-seventh-speaker-of-the-nitijela | access-date=2020-03-02 | archive-date=2019-01-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062820/https://rmiparliament.org/cms/component/content/article.html?id=38:senator-kenneth-kedi,-the-seventh-speaker-of-the-nitijela | url-status=dead }}