Squire Jeremiah is a
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 ...
an politician.
As of 2012, he was the president of
NGO
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
Emendena Eimwi, "recently established" to raise public awareness of corruption and bribery issues in the country, and to lobby the government for more effective measures against these ills. With that aim, he entered politics, and was elected Member of
Parliament
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
for
Meneng in the
June 2013 general election. A fellow member of Emendena Eimwi, Doneke Kepae, also stood for Parliament, but was not elected. Jeremiah was defeated for re-election in the
2016 election.
As there are no political parties in Nauru, Jeremiah sat as an independent.
See also
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Nauru 19
References
Members of the Parliament of Nauru
Living people
People from Meneng District
21st-century Nauruan politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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