Manny Mori

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President of Micronesia
Immanuel Mori

Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2007
Vice President	Alik Alik
Preceded by	Joseph Urusemal

Born	25 December 1948 (1948-12-25) (age 59) Fefan, Chuuk, Micronesia
Spouse	Elina Ekiek

Immanuel "Manny" Mori (born December 25, 1948) is the current President of the Federated States of Micronesia. He was elected by the nation's Congress on May 11, 2007 and sworn in the same day.

Mori is married to the former Elina Ekiek and they have four daughters.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Mori was born on the island of Fefan, and is of Japanese descent.^[1] He attended and graduated from Xavier High School. Following his graduation in 1969, Mori went to the University of Guam. Mori proceeded to graduate in 1973 with a BA in Business Management.

After completing his university education, Mori was chosen for a management internship at Citicorp Credit-Guam. In 1974, he became the Assistant Manager at the Citicorp branch in Saipan.

Mori left Citicorp in 1976 after he accepted the position of Assistant Administrator of the Trust Territory Social Security Office. In 1979, he became the National Revenue Officer for the State of Chuuk, administering the Tax & Revenue Office. He then served as the Comptroller of the FSM Development Bank from 1981 until 1983 and subsequently as the President and CEO until 1997.

Finally, he was the Executive Vice President of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1997 until his 1999 election to Congress.

[edit] Political career

Mori was first elected to the FSM Congress in a special election held on July 1, 1999. He was subsequently re-elected in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.

On May 11, 2007, Mori was elected President of the Federated States of Micronesia, defeating the incumbent, Joseph Urusemal. He took office with immediate effect and thus vacated his seat in the Congress.