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2019 In Nauru
Events in the year 2019 in Nauru. Incumbents * President ** Baron Waqa (until 27 August) ** Lionel Aingimea (after 27 August) * Speaker of Parliament ** Cyril Buraman (until 27 August) ** Marcus Stephen (after 27 August) Events * 8 January – President Waqa becomes the first world leader to visit Taiwan in 2019, and leaders of both countries promise to strengthen relations. * 3 February – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that the last four child refugees have left the Australian offshore refugee detention centres, leaving for resettlement in the United States. * 24 March – The Parliament of Nauru, during a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, passes a resolution rejecting the One China principle. * 16 May – Nauru becomes a member state of the World Meteorological Organization. * 30 May – Ludwig Scotty wins parliamentary by-election in the Anabar Constituency. * 20 July – By the end of the 2019 Pacific Games, Nauru wins 34 medals, with 12 gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kiribati, about to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, northeast of Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With only a area, Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic as well as the smallest island nation. Its population of about 10,000 is the world's second-smallest (not including colonies or overseas territories), after Vatican City. Settled by people from Micronesia circa 1000 BCE, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |