Bailey Olter

{{Short description|President of Federated States of Micronesia (1933–1999)}}

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Bailey Olter

| image = File:Bailey Olter.jpg

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| caption = Olter in 1960

| order = 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia

| term_start = May 11, 1991

| term_end = November 8, 1996

| vicepresident = Jacob Nena

| predecessor = John Haglelgam

| successor = Jacob Nena

| order2 = 2nd Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia

| term_start2 = May 11, 1983

| term_end2 = May 11, 1987

| president2 = Tosiwo Nakayama

| predecessor2 = Petrus Tun

| successor2 = Hiroshi Ismael

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|3|27}}

| birth_place = Mokil Atoll, Pohnpei, South Seas Mandate, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|2|16|1932|3|27}}

| death_place = Kolonia, Pohnpei

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| spouse = Amalia Nanpei Olter

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Bailey Olter (27 March 1932 – 16 February 1999) was a Micronesian political figure. He was elected to the Senate of Micronesian Congress from Ponape district.{{cite web

|url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0019/4520735.pdf|title=Document. Personnel - Johnston, Edward (1)|website=Ford Library Museum|access-date=20 June 2023}} He served as Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1983 to 1987,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fsmpio.fm:80/former_presidents.htm|title=former.htm|date=Apr 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414174508/http://www.fsmpio.fm/former_presidents.htm|accessdate=Dec 20, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2008|url-status=dead}} and as the third president of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1991 to 1996.

He was re-elected president in the March 1995 presidential election.{{Cite journal |date=1995 |title=Election Watch |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697480 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=6 |issue=3 |issn=1086-3214}} He suffered a stroke in July 1996 ending his capacity to carry out his office; his Vice President Jacob Nena served the last year of his term.