Jacob Nena

{{short description|Micronesian politician (1941–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Jacob Nena

| image = Jacob Nena portrait.jpg

| office1 = 4th President of Micronesia

| term_start1 = 8 May 1997

| term_end1 = 11 May 1999
Acting: 8 November 1996 – 8 May 1997

| vicepresident1 = Leo Falcam

| predecessor1 = Bailey Olter

| successor1 = Leo Falcam

| office2 = 4th Vice President of Micronesia

| term_start2 = 11 May 1991

| term_end2 = 8 November 1996

| president2 = Bailey Olter

| predecessor2 = Hiroshi Ismael

| successor2 = Leo Falcam

| office3 = Governor of Kosrae

| term_start3 = 1 January 1979

| term_end3 = 3 January 1983

| deputy3 = Yosiwo George
Kan Sigrah

| predecessor3 = Position Established

| successor3 = Yosiwo George

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lelu, South Seas Mandate

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|7|6|1941|10|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| party = Independent

| spouse = Lerina Nena

| alma_mater = University of Hawaii

}}

Jacob Nena (10 October 1941 – 6 July 2022) was a Micronesian politician who served as the fourth President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1996 to 1999.

Nena was born in Lelu, Kosrae. He graduated with a BA from the College of Guam and later graduated with an MA degree from University of Hawaii at Manoa.{{cite web |author=Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia in Washington, D.C |title=In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena – FSM Embassy |date=7 July 2022 |url=https://fsmembassy.fm/in-memoriam-the-honorable-jacob-nena/}} He served as deputy district administrator of Kosrae from 1970 to 1977. He became the first elected Governor of Kosrae from 1979 to 1983.

Nena served as Vice President under Bailey Olter from 1991; after Olter suffered a stroke in July 1996, Nena took over as acting president on 8 November of that year and was sworn in as president on 8 May 1997, serving out the remaining two years of Olter's term.{{Cite web |date=12 May 1997 |title=Nena Sworn into FSM Presidency |url=https://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr051317.htm |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=www.fsmgov.org}}

Nena died in Sacramento, California on 6 July 2022 at the age of 80.[https://www.cfsm.gov.fm/ifile/22nd%20Congress/RESOLUTIONS/CR_22-140.pdf Congressional Resolution 22-140] Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Richard |date=6 July 2022 |title=In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena |url=https://gov.fm/index.php/component/content/article/35-pio-articles/news-and-updates/620-in-memoriam-the-honorable-jacob-nena?Itemid=177 |access-date=8 July 2022 |website=gov.fm}}