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1988 Palauan General Election
General elections were held in Palau on 2 November 1988 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p754 Ngiratkel Etpison was elected President, whilst Kuniwo Nakamura won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 82.6%. Results President Vice-President Senate House of Delegates References {{Palauan elections Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ... 1988 in Palau Elections in Palau Non-partisan elections Presidential elections in Palau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngiratkel Etpison
Ngiratkel Etpison (3 May 1925 – 1 August 1997) was a politician and businessman from Palau. Etpison was elected President in 1988 and served from 1989 until 1993, becoming the country’s first elected president to serve a full term in office. Election He was elected the country's president in the 1988 elections, the final elections conducted under a plurality voting system, in which he received just 26% of the votes cast, defeating opponent Roman Tmetuchl by a margin of 31 votes. The near-tie led elections in Palau to be reformed, and after that they were conducted under majority voting, with a second round if no candidate received more than half of all votes cast. He served from 1 January 1989 to 1 January 1993. He ran again in the 1992 elections, but attracted just 2,084 votes compared to rivals Johnson Toribiong with 3,188 votes and Kuniwo Nakamura with 3,125 votes. Presidency Ngiratkel Etpison was the first president that survived his entire presidency. (Haruo Remel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ngiraked
John Obeldabl Ngiraked was a Palauan politician. Ngiraked was born in 1932 in Ngiwal. He attended George Washington High School in Guam. Ngiraked was elected in 1965 to the Congress of Micronesia. He was elected as the president of the upper chamber in July 1965, but was replaced by Tosiwo Nakayama in the same month. He was re-elected as president again from July 1967 to 1969. Roman Tmetuchl was his political rival for a senate seat in the 1970 elections to the Congress of Micronesia. Ngiraked ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Palau in the elections of 1980, but lost to Haruo Remeliik. In 1984, before Remeliik's reelection, Ngiraked declared that Remeliik's government was in despair and called on the president to resign. Remeliik was assassinated in June 1985. Ngiraked was appointed and confirmed as the Minister of State of Lazarus Salii from 1985 to 1988. He acknowledged his involvement in the three months of violence in Palau in 1987. He unsuccessfully tried to acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Palau
On a national level, the citizens of Palau elect a President (government title), president, who serves a four-year term, and acts as head of state. A national bicameralism, bicameral legislature, is also elected, consisting of the Palau National Congress (''Olbiil era Kelulau'') and the Senate of Palau. The National Congress has 16 members, each serving four-year terms in single-seat constituency, constituencies. The Senate has 9 members, also serving four-year terms in single-seat constituencies.Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p752 References External linksAdam Carr's Election Archive Elections in Palau, {{Palau-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 In Palau
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian Bicentenary, Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet Union, Soviet troops begin their Soviet-Afghan War, withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the 1989, next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Elections In Oceania
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian Bicentenary, Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet Union, Soviet troops begin their Soviet-Afghan War, withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the 1989, next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
