UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Federal National Mortgage Association
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 12, 2013, the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae (formally, the Federal National Mortgage Association) elected Diane C. Nordin to join the Board. As of the date of this filing, the Board committees on which Ms. Nordin will serve have not been determined.

Ms. Nordin, age 55, served as a partner of Wellington Management Company, LLP, a private asset management company, from December 1995 to December 2011, and originally joined Wellington in 1991. She served in many global leadership roles at Wellington, most notably as head of Fixed Income, Vice Chair of the Compensation Committee and Audit Chair of the Wellington Management Trust Company. Ms. Nordin spent over three decades in the investment business, having previously been employed by Fidelity Investments and Putnam Investments. Ms. Nordin is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Following her retirement from the asset management industry, Ms. Nordin served as an Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard University from December 2011 to December 2012. Ms. Nordin currently serves as a Trustee of Wheaton College, where she is an Audit Committee member and Chair of the Investment Committee. She is also a Board member of the Vineyard Nursing Association of Martha's Vineyard, a Director of the Appalachian Mountain Club and a Foundation Board Member of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

In accordance with Fannie Mae’s non-management director compensation practices, Ms. Nordin will be paid a cash retainer at a rate of $160,000 per year for serving as a Board member. In accordance with its customary practice, Fannie Mae is entering into an indemnification agreement with Ms. Nordin, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.15 to Fannie Mae’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.