# Jeton Anjain

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

*Marshallese politician (1933-1993)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Marshall Islands
- **Born:** 1933-03-25
- **Died:** 1993
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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

## Fame
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