Grace Y. Sam
Grace Y. Sam | |
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| Member of Koror State Legislature | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 2, 1949 |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Grace Y. Sam is a Palauan politician who served as a member of the Koror State Legislature. Sam was born on November 2, 1949, to a Protestant family. She was educated in the Philippines and Palau, where she graduated from the Bethania Girls High School and then taught there for one year. She received legal training at the district attorney's offices for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in Palau and Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, and attended the University of Hawaii. In 1978, she became an assistant district attorney with the district attorney's office.[1]
In 1981, Sam worked for the Palau Constitutional Convention as a staff translator. She was elected as a delegate to the Koror State Constitutional Convention in 1983, and then to the Koror State Legislature that same year. The Palauan president Haruo Remeliik appointed Sam to the National Reapportionment Commission in 1984. Sam also served as an assistant clerk of court for the Supreme Court of Palau and the Court of Common Pleas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Simon-McWilliams, Ethel (February 1987). "Grace Y. Sam: Community Organizer, Legislator and Trial Assisstant". In Green, Karen Reed (ed.). Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women (PDF) (2nd ed.). Northwest Regional Educational Library. pp. 44–45.
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