The new Congress met; Bethwel Henry was again elected Speaker and Amata Kabua Senate President. Ambilos Iehsi won a Ponape Senate by-election that month.
What happened
Henry of Ponape kept the Speaker’s post he had held since 1966, while Kabua of the Marshalls led the Senate until 1973. Iehsi filled the Ponape seat left vacant when Hirosi Ismael, elected in 1966, resigned.
Who’s who
- Bethwel HenryPohnpeian Speaker of the House in the Congress of Micronesia from 1966 to 1979.
