Namo Hermios | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Marshall Islands Legislature | |
| In office –1981 | |
| Succeeded by | Charles Domnick |
| Constituency | First District (–1979) Maloelap Atoll (1979–1981) |
| Member of the TTPI House of Representatives | |
| In office 1965–1968 | |
| Succeeded by | Charles Domnick |
| Constituency | Marshalls 4th District |
| Personal details | |
| Died | March 27,1981 (aged 53) [1] Majuro,Marshall Islands |
Iroij Namo Hermios (died 27 March 1981) was a Marshallese chief and politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands between 1965 and 1968,and as a member of the Marshall Islands Legislature until his death.
Hermios worked for the Marshall Islands Import-Export Company. [2] He became Iroij of the northern islands of the Ratak Chain, [3] and served in the House of Iroij,the upper house of the Marshallese legislature. [2]
In 1965 he was elected to the new House of Delegates of the TTPI Congress representing the Marshalls 4th District. He was re-elected in 1966,serving until the 1968 elections. He later became a member of the Marshallese Legislature and was elected vice president in 1975. [4] He was re-elected from the First District in 1978 and then from the Maloelap Atoll constituency in 1979.
He died on 27 March 1981 at the age of 53,shortly after returning from a trip to Hawaii for a check on his leukaemia. [3]