President of Palau
head of the Republic of Palau
The President of the Republic of Palau is the head of government and head of state of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once.
President of the Republic of Palau | |
---|---|
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Haruo Remeliik |
Formation | 2 March 1981 |
Deputy | Vice President of Palau |
Website | http://palaugov.pw/ |
List
changeAll officeholders are political independents.
No. | Name[1] (Birth–Death) |
Picture | Took Office | Left Office | Election | Vice President[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Haruo Remeliik (1932–1985) |
2 March 1981 | 30 June 1985 (Assassinated) |
1980 (31.2%) | Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994) | |
1984 (50.9%) | ||||||
2 | Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) |
30 June 1985 | 2 July 1985 | — | Vacant | |
3 | Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994) |
2 July 1985 | 25 October 1985 | — | ||
4 | Lazarus Salii (1937–1988) |
25 October 1985 | 20 August 1988 (Suicide) |
1985 (53.9%) | Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) | |
2 | Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) |
20 August 1988 | 1 January 1989 | — | Vacant | |
5 | Ngiratkel Etpison (1924–1997) |
1 January 1989 | 1 January 1993 | 1988 (26.3%) | Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–) | |
6 | Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–2020) |
1 January 1993 | 1 January 2001 | 1992 (37.3%) (first round) (50.7%) (second round) |
Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) | |
1996 (52.7%) (first round) (64.3%) (second round) | ||||||
7 | Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) |
1 January 2001 | 15 January 2009 | 2000 (52%) | Sandra Pierantozzi (1951–) 19 January 2001– 1 January 2005 | |
2004 (66.31%) | Elias Camsek Chin (1949–) 1 January 2005– 15 January 2009 | |||||
8 | Johnson Toribiong (1946–) |
15 January 2009 | 17 January 2013 | 2008 (51.12%) | Kerai Mariur (1951–) | |
9 | Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) |
17 January 2013 | 21 January 2021 | 2012 (49.08%) | Antonio Bells (1948–) 17 January 2013– 19 January 2017[3] | |
2016 (51.3%) | Raynold Oilouch (1989–) 19 January 2017–21 January 2021[4] | |||||
10 | Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968–) |
21 January 2021 | Incumbent | 2020 (56.71%) | Uduch Sengebau Senior (1948–) 21 January 2021–present |
References
change- ↑ "Palau Government". 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Palau Government". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Australia - Oceania :: Palau — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". Cia.gov. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ↑ "Vice President | Palau National Government". Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2019-08-07.