Mattlan Zackhras

Mattlan Zackhras (January 13, 1970 – August 8, 2017) was a Marshallese politician and government minister. He was a member of the Nitijeļā for Namdrik Atoll since 2004 and was serving as Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall Islands under President Hilda Heine from January 2016 until his death.

Life Zackhras was the son of the later acting President Ruben Zackhras. Zackhras graduated from the Marshall Islands High School in 1989. He then received his bachelor's degree in businessman administration and management from Urbana University. He was deputy chief of mission in the Marshall Islands Embassy in Washington DC, United States, for around seven years. In this position, Zackhras acted as a substitute for the President of Marshall Islands.

Zackhras died of heart failure in the Shuang Ho Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 8, 2017, aged 47. He was survived by his spouse, Angela J Zackhras, and three children.