Events in the year 2017 in the Marshall Islands. Incumbents President: Hilda Heine Speaker of the house: Kenneth Kedi Events 21 February – 2017 Marshallese Constitutional Convention election Deaths 7 August – Mattlan Zackhras, politician and diplomat (b. 1970). 22 August – Tony deBrum, politician and government minister (b 1945) References 2010s in the Marshall Islands Years of the 21st century in the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Marshall Islands