Carlos Hiroshi Salii (died 2014) was a Palauan lawyer, politician and a former Speaker of the

House of Delegates of Palau The House of Delegates of Palau is the lower house of the Palau National Congress (''Olbiil era Kelulau''), Palau's bicameral legislature. The Senate of Palau is the upper house. The House of Delegates has 16 members, each serving four-year term ...

from 1981 to 1985. Salii worked as assistant attorney general of the

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in 1970s. He worked as legislative counsel of the

Angaur , or in Palauan, is an island and state in the Island country, island nation of Palau. History Angaur was traditionally divided among some eight clans. Traditional features within clan areas represent important symbols giving identity to fam ...

state. Salii was floor leader of the Palau legislature in 1980. He was elected to the first

in the 1980 elections. He was elected as the Speaker of the House of Delegates when the house convened in January. He represented the state of Ngeaur aka

. He was re-elected in 1984. He was expelled from the House of Delegates. He was the younger brother of former president

Lazarus Salii Lazarus Eitaro Salii (17 November 1936 – 20 August 1988) was a politician from Palau. He served as the second elected President of Palau from 25 October 1985 until his death by suicide on 20 August 1988, amid bribery allegations. Salii was e ...

. He died 2014.

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