Hersey Kyota is a Palauan politician heavily involved in its legislative politics and foreign relations. He was appointed ambassador of Palau to the United States on November 12, 1997. At some occurrences, he represented Palau in the United Nations. Stuart Beck, however, is the actual ambassador of Palau to the United Nations.
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From 1981 to 1984, Hersey Kyota was legal researcher for the House of Delegates in the Palau National Congress. He was then chief clerk for the House of Delegates from 1985 to 1988. From 1989 to 1990, he was the director of the House Legal Counsels’ Office. From 1990 to 1996, he served as a senator in the Palau National Congress and for the Board of Directors for the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures from 1992 to 1996. Finally, he became the Palau ambassador to the United States in 1997.[1] In 2000, Kyota was chairman of the Palau Delegation to the United Nations during the Millennium Summit. In his speech, he emphasized the need for equal and substantial participation from all member states in United Nations-related activities.[2] He also spoke in front of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding many issues between American-Palau relations, including education grants and the transmission of videotape programming.[3]
Hersey Kyota earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and a Master of Arts in 1979 from the United States International University in San Diego.
Kyota is the son of Shiro Kyota, who served as a finance officer before he became the speaker of Palau's National Congress. Shiro Kyota of half-Japanese heritage, being the son of a Palau-based Japanese trader and his Palauan wife.[4] Kyota is married and has six children and enjoys several hobbies, including fishing, reading, playing baseball, basketball, golf, chess and video games.[1]