April 2010 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 April 2010, following the dissolution of parliament by President Marcus Stephen on 16 March 2010. The election was called due to repeated attempts to oust the government of Marcus Stephen in votes of no-confidence. There were 86 candidates, eight of them women. Background: the 'Getax affair' Australian officials have accused the Australian company Getax, which is an important buyer of Nauruan phosphate, of having precipitated the election by destabilising the Stephen government. Specifically, Getax had offered the Nauruan government a loan of A$25 million with a 15% interest rate, which, according to an investigative article in ''The Australian'', "would be likely to have resulted in the country defaulting on its repayments, triggering contract provisions that would have let Getax take over the Nauru-owned phosphate industry". The Stephen government rejected the proffered loan. At the time, following the results of the 2008 electio ...
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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 eighteen members, nine supported the Stephen government and nine were in opposition. Events leading to election The deadlock had been exacerbated by a crisis between the President and the Speaker of Parliament, Opposition member David Adeang. On March 22, Adeang had called a Parliamentary session, allegedly without informing government ministers, who therefore did not attend. Opposition MPs, Adeang included, constituted a majority of legislators present, and passed a ruling outlawing dual citizenship for Members of Parliament. The ruling, if applied, would have affected senior Cabinet ministers Dr. Kieren Keke and Frederick Pitcher. Had they been compelled to resign from Parliament, the Opposition would have controlled a majority of seats ...
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Anabar Constituency
Anabar Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru and is made up of three districts: Anabar, Anibare, and Ijuw. It covers an area of 5.1 km², and has a population of 1,240. It returns two members to 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.

Vinson Detenamo
Vinson Franco Detenamo (born 1954 in Buada) is a Nauruan politician. Since the 1980s, Detenamo has been a member of the Parliament of Nauru for Buada. He served as the Minister of Interior and Finance. He served as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in the cabinets of Kenas Aroi, Bernard Dowiyogo, Ruben Kun and Kinza Clodumar in 1989–1995, 1996 and 1996–1999. He was Minister of Finance under Bernard Dowiyogo from June 1994 to November 1995. In his role as sports minister, Detenamo was involved in the founding of the Nauru Olympic Committee in 1991 and became the first president of the committee, until Marcus Stephen Marcus Ajemada Stephen (born 1 October 1969) is a Nauruan politician and former sportsperson who previously was a member of the Cabinet of Nauru, and who served as President of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. The son of Nauruan par ... succeeded him by 2009. Detenamo was most recently elected to the Nauru parliament for the Buada consti ...
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Shadlog Bernicke
Shadlog Armait Bernicke (born 8 July 1966) is a Nauruan 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. 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, Minister for the Nauru Utilities Corporation, and Minister of Telecommunications. Family background Bernicke is a grandson of former parliamentarian Austin Bernicke, a member of the first Parliament in 1968. See also * Politics of Nauru * Elections in Nauru * 2008 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament ...
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Roland Kun
Roland Tullen Kun (born 6 May 1970) is a Nauruan politician and Member of Parliament. Political career MP and Minister Kun was elected in 2004 to serve as a Member of the Parliament of Nauru and served as Minister of Justice. Kun was elected to the seat of Buada in 2004, 2007, 2008, in the April and June 2010 elections, and in 2013. He was a member of the Scotty government from 2004 to 2007, a member of the Stephen government from 2007 to 2012, and a member of the Dabwido government for much of the first half of 2013. From December 2007 to November 2011 he was Minister for Fisheries and Minister for Education. From June 2012 until February 2013, he held portfolios of Minister of Finance of Nauru, Finance & Sustainable Development, as well as Education and Justice & Border Control. Kun is also an expert on fisheries, one of Nauru's main industries. Crossing the floor Kun was one of the founding members of reform group Naoero Amo, Naoero Amo (Nauru First). He was appointed M ...
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Buada Constituency
Buada Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Buada to 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.

Kinza Clodumar
Kinza Godfrey Clodumar (8 February 1945 – 29 November 2021) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru from 1997 to 1998. Background Clodumar was born in Boe. He was a member of the indigenous population of Nauru, and he was concerned with environmental issues. He was a Member of Parliament for many years. Clodumar was the only Nauruan politician to have been elected to parliament in two different constituencies. He served his first two terms for the Aiwo Constituency when ousting Itubwa Amram in the 1971 elections; after being re-elected thrice Clodumar resigned his post in early 1979, but was re-elected in the 1983 elections. In 1992, he did not stand for the seat and moved to the neighbouring Boe Constituency, where he was re-elected in 1995 to serve a third term in parliament. Clodumar served as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in the cabinets of Bernard Dowiyogo and Kennan Adeang in 1976-1978 and from September 1986 to October 1986. He was the ...
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Mathew Batsiua
Mathew Jansen Batsiua (born 27 May 1971) is a Nauruan politician. Batsiua, a former health minister and former foreign minister of Nauru, has served as a member of parliament for the constituency of Boe since 2004. Parliamentary role Batsiua has been elected to parliament in the 2004 general elections, ousting long-time parliamentarian and former president Kinza Clodumar. He has been re-elected in the 2007 and 2008 elections. He was Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Marcus Stephen from July 2011 to November 2011. He was appointed as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in the short-lived cabinet of Frederick Pitcher in November 2011. Parliamentary constituency He represents the Boe Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru. Background Before entering parliament, Batsiua previously served as chief secretary. See also * Politics of Nauru * Elections in Nauru * 2008 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following ...
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Boe Constituency
Boe Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Boe to 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.

Remy Namaduk
Remy Gerard Namaduk (born 1949) is a Nauruan politician and former member of the cabinet and member of parliament. He represented the Anetan Constituency. Namaduk participated in the parliamentary elections in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and in the April elections of 2010, but only the 2003 elections gave him a place in the Parliament of Nauru. He lost his parliamentary mandate to Vassal Gadoengin in 2004. He held several portfolios in the cabinets of René Harris, including Minister of Education and Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Transport and Telecommunications. He served as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in all of the cabinets of René Harris between 1999 and 2003. He also served as Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ... ...
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Cyril Buraman
Cyril Buraman is a Nauruan political figure and member of the Parliament of Nauru. Background Buraman stood for, and was duly elected to, the Parliament of Nauru, where the party system is not fully developed, and in 2007 was seen as an opponent of the incoming Administration of President Marcus Stephen. Events of 2008 Alliance with Parliamentary Speaker In March 2008 David Adeang was appointed Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru and Buraman was regarded as tactically close to Adeang and to former President of Nauru René Harris, who was at the time still retained his Parliamentary seat and exercised a role as a leading member of the Opposition. April 2008 In April 2008 Buraman stood again, but lost his seat in the Parliament of Nauru, as did former President René Harris. Return to Parliament In June 2013 Buraman was re-elected to Parliament for Anetan. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from 13 July 2016 to 27 July 2019. Having been unseated in the 2019 Parli ...
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Landon Deireragea
Landon Deireragea (born 16 May 1960) is a Nauruan politician. Parliamentary role Deireragea has been elected to parliament in the 2008 general elections, gaining the seat of Cyril Buraman. He represents the Anetan Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru. Deireragea was defeated in the 2013 parliamentary elections, with Cyril Buraman taking the seat. Deputy Speaker After the June 2010 general elections Deireragea was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament. In this role he deputizes for the Speaker of Parliament. Thus far in his term the office of speaker has fallen vacant twice, during which time Deireragea became Acting Speaker. The first period was the longest, July 9 until November 1, 2010. This period of vacancy was caused by the removal of Aloysius Amwano from office and was drawn out by deadlock over who should be speaker. Finally Ludwig Scotty was elected, ending Deireragea's acting speakership. The second period was brief, from April 18 until April 25, 2013, between the ...
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