Litokwa Tomeing was born on Wotje Atoll, in the Japanese-administered Marshall Islands, on October 14, 1939.

[3] In 1976, Tomeing was appointed as one of the Marshallese delegates at the Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention, which was held in Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands.

[3] In 1978, Tomeing became a delegate and member at large to the Marshall Islands Constitutional Convention, which was held in Majuro.

[3] Tomeing was again elected as one of the 33 members of the Nitijela in 1979, shortly after the political separation of the Marshall Islands from the neighboring Federated States of Micronesia.

[4][8] He was sworn in, along with a cabinet composed of ten ministers, on 14 January by Carl Ingram, the Chief Justice of the High Court.

[12] The Marshallese community living in the Springdale area, who originally came to work for food-processing plants in the 1970s,[13] is the largest population outside of the Marshall Islands.

[12] Tomeing was removed from office by the Marshall Islands' first successful vote of no confidence on 21 October 2009.

[14] The legislature, which voted 17–15 in favour of the motion, elected a new president on 23 October, Jurelang Zedkaia.