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Shadlog Armait Bernicke (born 8 July 1966) is a
Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in K ...
an politician.


Political role

Bernicke was elected to parliament in the 2007 general elections. He gained the former seat of Terangi Adam. He has been re-elected in the 2008 polls.


Parliamentary constituency

He represents the Buada Constituency in 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.
. He became acting Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru on 27 April 2010 not long before elections were held.


Waqa Cabinet

Bernicke is currently serving as a minister in the Cabinet of Nauru. His positions are Minister for the
Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust The Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust (NPRT) was a sovereign wealth fund developed by the government of the Republic of Nauru in which the government invested money from the state-owned mining company, Nauru Phosphate Corporation. This money was t ...
, Minister for the Nauru Utilities Corporation, and Minister of Telecommunications.


Family background

Bernicke is a grandson of former parliamentarian
Austin Bernicke Austin Bernicke (died 13 January 1977) was a Nauruan politician. He was a member of the first Local Government Council in 1951, then a member of Parliament after it was established in 1966, serving until his death in 1977. He also served as a cab ...
, a member of the first Parliament in 1968.


See also

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Politics of Nauru The politics of Nauru take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nauru is the head of government of the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the ...
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Elections in Nauru Nauru elects on a national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature. Parliament has 19 members (increased from 18 for the 2013 election), elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The president is elected for a th ...
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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 e ...


References

Members of the Parliament of Nauru Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru People from Buada District 1966 births Living people Government ministers of Nauru 21st-century Nauruan politicians {{Nauru-politician-stub