Samuel Edwin Tsitsi (17 January 192520 May 1997) was a Nauruan politician.
Biography
Tsitsi was born on 17 January 1925. His father was Samuel Tsitsi. He was member of the Eamwidara tribe. In 1939, he entered the medical service as an apprentice in a pharmacy in
Sydney, Australia
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. In 1954, again in Sydney, he trained to become a pharmacist.
In December 1964, there was a by-election to fill a vacancy in the Nauruan Local Government Council caused by the death of Councillor
Raymond Gadabu
Raymond Gadabu (25 September 1921 – 17 October 1964)elected to the Legislative Assembly and re-elected to the Local Government Council. He represented the Aiwo district in both.
In 1968, Tsitsi was elected to the first
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.
. He was nominated for Council of State, but failed election. Tsitsi was re-elected to parliament in
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
,
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
, and
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...
. After Parliament Speaker Kenas Aroi accepted a ministerial post from President
Hammer DeRoburt
Hammer DeRoburt (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was the first President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence.
Background and early career
Born in 1922, DeRoburt was the gr ...
, Tsitsi was elected speaker on 22 December 1976. After being unable to keep order, Tsitsi resigned his parliamentary seat on 30 December. In the by-election for his seat in February 1977, Tsitsi was defeated by
René Harris
René Reynaldo Harris (11 November 1947 – 5 July 2008) was President of the Republic of Nauru four times between 1999 and 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1977 to 2008.Aiwo Constituency in the 1980 election, but was defeated. By 1981, Tsitsi was serving as secretary for the Local Government Council. In July 1981, MP René Harris resigned to contest a by-election and test his support. Tsitsi ran in this election, but was defeated by Harris again.
Tsitsi died on 20 May 1997.