During the Ceremony of the Opening of the Nitijela on January 4, 2016, the newly elected senators were sworned-in by Chief Justice Daniel Cadra.
The senators then elected amoung their peers as Speaker of the Nitijela Senator Kenneth Kedi, as Vice Speaker Sanator Jejwarick Anton. Finally, Senator Casten Ned Nemra was elected as the new President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
As Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador Armbruster was pleased to be the first to congratulate President-elect Nemra on his historic election.
