2008 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as "months of political deadlock". Of the parliament's eighteen members, nine supported the Stephen government and nine were in opposition. Events leading to election The deadlock had been exacerbated by a crisis between the President and the Speaker of Parliament, Opposition member David Adeang. On March 22, Adeang had called a Parliamentary session, allegedly without informing government ministers, who therefore did not attend. Opposition MPs, Adeang included, constituted a majority of legislators present, and passed a ruling outlawing dual Nauruan nationality law, citizenship for Members of Parliament. The ruling, if applied, would have affected senior Cabinet ministers Dr. Kieren Keke and Frederick Pitcher. Had they been compelled to resign from Parliament, the Opposition would have contr ...
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2007 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 25 August 2007. There were more than 80 candidates for the 18 seats available. Fifteen MPs were reelected, among them fourteen supporters of Ludwig Scotty's government; the only opposition politician to be reelected was René Harris. Of the three seats which changed hands, two were losses for the opposition and one was a gain. Following the elections, there were fifteen pro-government members and three opposition members. Results By constituency Presidential election On 28 August the newly elected MPs elected the president, who was required by the constitution be a member of parliament. Incumbent president Ludwig Scotty was elected with 14 votes to three for Commonwealth Games gold-winning weightlifter Marcus Stephen. However, after a vote of no confidence in December, 2007, Scotty's government was ousted in favour of a new administration led by Stephen who became president. References

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Dominic Tabuna
Dominic Joselito Tabuna (born 9 August 1980) is a Nauruan politician. Earlier political career Tabuna was elected to parliament in the 2004 general elections, gaining the seat of Pres Ekwona. He has been subsequently re-elected in 2007 and 2008. Tabuna was defeated for re-election in 2013. Speaker of Parliament He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru and represented the Yaren Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru, and was Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from 1 to 4 June 2010. See also * Politics of Nauru * Elections in Nauru * 2008 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as "months of political deadlock". Of the parliament's ... References Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru Members of the Parliament of Nauru 1980 births Living people People from Yaren Dist ...
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Boe Constituency
Boe is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Boe to the Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.

Remy Namaduk
Remy Gerard Namaduk (born 1949) is a Nauruan politician and former member of the cabinet and member of parliament. Namaduk unsuccessfully ran for Parliament of Nauru in 1986, 1992, and 1995. Namaduk was elected to parliament in the by-election in Anetan Constituency held on 5 October 1996. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, and 2003. He held several portfolios in the cabinets of René Harris, including Minister of Education and Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Transport and Telecommunications. He served as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in all of the cabinets of René Harris between 1999 and 2003. He also served as Minister of Finance several times between 1999 and 2003. Namaduk was ousted from his parliament seat in the 2004 election by Vassal Gadoengin. He unsuccessfully ran again in the elections of 2007, 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato ...
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Landon Deireragea
Landon Deireragea (born 16 May 1960) is a Nauruan politician. Parliamentary role Deireragea has been elected to parliament in the 2008 general elections, gaining the seat of Cyril Buraman. He represents the Anetan Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru. Deireragea was defeated in the 2013 parliamentary elections, with Cyril Buraman taking the seat. Deputy Speaker After the June 2010 general elections Deireragea was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament. In this role he deputizes for the Speaker of Parliament. Thus far in his term the office of speaker has fallen vacant twice, during which time Deireragea became Acting Speaker. The first period was the longest, July 9 until November 1, 2010. This period of vacancy was caused by the removal of Aloysius Amwano from office and was drawn out by deadlock over who should be speaker. Finally Ludwig Scotty was elected, ending Deireragea's acting speakership. The second period was brief, from April 18 until April 25, 2013, between ...
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Anetan Constituency
Anetan is one of the constituencies of Nauru and is made up of two districts: Anetan and Ewa. It covers an area of 2.2 km2, and has a population of 1,180. It returns two members to the Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.

David Peter Gadaraoa
David Peter Gadaraoa is a Nauruan politician. Biography In 1967, Gadaraoa was elected to serve on the Nauruan Constitutional Convention. Gadaraoa was elected to the Parliament of Nauru representing the Anabar Constituency in the 1968 election. He was re-elected unopposed in 1971. He was again re-elected in 1973. In December 1973, Gadaraoa was elected deputy speaker under Speaker Kenas Aroi. Gadaraoa defeated Lagumot Harris by one vote. Gadaraoa was re-elected in 1976. Gadaraoa was elected speaker of Parliament in January 1977 following the resignation of Speaker Edwin Tsitsi in December 1976. Gadaraoa was re-elected to parliament in 1977. He was re-elected as speaker in November. He was again re-elected unopposed to parliament in 1980. He was re-elected as speaker as well. Gadaraoa resigned his parliamentary seat in September 1981 for personal reasons. Gadaraoa ran unsuccessfully for parliament in the Anabar Constituency in the following elections: 1983, 1987, 1992, 1995, ...
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Anabar Constituency
Anabar is one of the constituencies of Nauru and is made up of three districts: Anabar, Anibare, and Ijuw. It covers an area of 5.1 km², and has a population of 1,240. It returns two members to the Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.

Aaron Cook (politician)
Aaron Stein Cook is a Nauruan politician. Biography On 18 July 1981, Cook married Corina Shra Detudamo of the Uaboe District. Cook unsuccessfully ran to represent the Aiwo Constituency in the parliament of Nauru in 2008, as well as April and June 2010. In 2009, Cook was elected as president of the Nauru Weightlifting Federation. Cook was first elected to parliament in 2013 election, where he unseated Parliament Speaker Godfrey Thoma. Cook was appointed by President Baron Waqa Baron Divavesi Waqa (; born 31 December 1959) is a Nauruan politician who currently serves as the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum. He was the President of Nauru from 11 Ju ... as Minister for Commerce, Industry & Environment, RONPhos, and the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation. In parliament, he served on both the Library Committee and the Printing Committee. Cook was re-elected in the 2016 election. Waqa again gave him minis ...
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Godfrey Thoma
Godfrey Awaire Thoma (born 22 January 1957) is a Nauruan politician and police officer. Member of Parliament Thoma started his first term in the parliament after being elected in 1995, ousting Theodore Moses after only three years. He had been subsequently re-elected to parliament until 2007, when he lost his seat to newcomer Dantes Tsitsi. Second term Following the parliament's dissolution in 2008 after President Marcus Stephen had declared a state of emergency, Thoma was re-elected to parliament to serve a second term for the Aiwo Constituency, ending the 31-year parliamentary term of former president René Harris who died just two months later. He retained his seat in the 2010 parliamentary election. Thoma was defeated in the 2013 election. Minister of Justice and Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru Thoma served as Minister of Justice in the administrations of René Harris and Ludwig Scotty. In May 2003 he was elected Speaker of Parliament, but resigned just one d ...
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Dantes Tsitsi
Dantes Ingin Tsitsi (born 28 September 1959) is a Nauruan politician. Early life Tsitsi was born on 28 September 1959, registered to the Aiwo District. He is a member of the Eamwit tribe. Political role Tsitsi was elected to Parliament in the 2007 general elections, gaining the seat of Godfrey Thoma and representing the constituency of Aiwo. He was re-elected in the 2008 snap elections, and then in the April 2010 election, but lost his seat in the June 2010 election, where he was the only incumbent to be defeated. Family background Tsitsi is a close relative of former parliamentarian Edwin Tsitsi, a member of the first Parliament in 1968. Nauru Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...'s politics tend to be somewhat family oriented. References See also * Polit ...
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Aiwo Constituency
Aiwo is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Aiwo to the Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.