Jeton Anjain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeton Anjain

Marshallese politician

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1933

Place of Birth: Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1993

Profession: politician, civil servant

Nationality: Marshall Islands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jeton Anjain (25 March 1933 – 1993) was a Minister of Health and a senator of the Marshall Islands Parliament.
He received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1992, for his efforts to help people from the Rongelap Atoll, which was subject to nuclear contamination after the test of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb in 1954.
In 1991, he and the Rongelap People were awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "for their steadfast struggle against United States nuclear policy in support of their right to live on an unpolluted Rongelap island."