Tem was the High Chief (

ibedul Palau has several traditional chiefs of its States of Palau, 16 states. A factor that resulted in the decline of chiefly authority in Palau was the introduction of State governors of Palau, elected governors, called upon in the Constitution of P ...

) of

Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island (also ''Oreor Island''). It is Palau’s most populous state. History In the oral tradition of ...

in the

South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the " South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following W ...

from 1917 to 1943.

Life

In 1924, a dispute between Ibedul Tem and the Tucherur, head of the Terekieu clan, resulted in the Idid clan dispossessing the Terekieu clan's lands and many members of Terekieu clan fleeing to

Aimeliik Aimeliik is an administrative division of the island country of Palau. It is one of the Republic of Palau's 16 states. It has an area of 52 km2 and a population of 334 (census 2015). The state capital is the village of Mongami. The four othe ...

. Tem took the title of Tucherur for himself.

References

1943 deaths 20th-century Palauan people Ibeduls of Koror South Seas Mandate Year of birth missing {{Palau-stub