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Ruby Dediya
Ruby Thoma (born Ruby Dediya in 1949 in NauruDeveloping a More Facilitating Environment for Women’s Political Participation in Nauru'', South Pacific Forum) is a Nauruan politician. After completing secondary school in Australia, she was trained as a nurse at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne. She graduated from the University of Otago Christchurch School of Medicine and became a midwife in Nauru. Entering politics, she stood as a candidate for the 1983 Nauruan parliamentary election, 1983 general election, in the Anetan District, Anetan/Ewa District, Nauru, Ewa constituency. She was supported by a group of women who helped her in her electoral campaign, arguing that voters would benefit from having an educated woman, able to defend the interests of women and children, in Parliament of Nauru, Parliament; since the country's independence in 1968, all members of Parliament had been men. She encountered resistance, including from female voters who told her that politics should rightly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style (manner of address), style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general, consuls and honorary consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners only. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo In the Democrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewa District, Nauru
Ewa is a district in the Pacific nation of the Republic of Nauru, located in the north of island. Geography It covers an area of 1.2 km2 and has a population of 537. Ewa is part of the Anetan Constituency. The northernmost point of Nauru is in the Ewa District. Buildings and structures *Kayser College - A K-10 school. Named after German missionary Alois Kayser, who lived on the island for forty years. *Capelle & Partner - a department store that is the largest business in Nauru. *An Australian rules football playing ground is to the east of Capelle & Partner; it is a bare patch of crushed coral. * Christ the King Church is located in the town of Arubo. Education The primary and secondary schools serving all of Nauru are Yaren Primary School in Yaren District (years 1-3), Nauru Primary School in Meneng District (years 4-6), Nauru College in Denigomodu District (years 7-9), and Nauru Secondary School (years 10-12). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmaine Scotty
Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty , Pacific Women in Politics, 9 June 2013 is a an politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Yaren since 2013. She was a cabinet minister from 2013 to 2019. Biography Overview She exercised a career in the highest levels of , culminating as |
1997 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 February 1997, following a series of no-confidence votes in the Presidency,.Nauru Inter-Parliamentary Union which had changed hands three times since the 1995 elections. All candidates ran as independents. Following the elections, was elected president by the Parliament, which included four new members. Voter turnout was 91.8%. The only female member in the previous Parliament, |
Minister Assisting The President Of Nauru
The Minister Assisting the President of Nauru is a senior position in the Cabinet of Nauru, and responsible for acting as a substitute of the President of Nauru The president of Nauru is elected by Parliament of Nauru, Parliament from among its members, and is both the head of state and the head of government of Nauru. Nauru's unicameral Parliament has 19 members, with an electoral term of three years. .... The President appoints the person holding this position among the members of the cabinet. The Minister Assisting the President of Nauru succeeded to the Presidency once. President Bernard Dowiyogo died in March 2003, and was succeeded by Derog Gioura. List References {{Deputy heads of government of Oceania Political office-holders in Nauru Government ministers of Nauru Government of Nauru Vice presidents Nauru politics-related lists 1968 establishments in Nauru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 18 November 1995. A record 67 candidates contested the 18 seats.Nauru Inter-Parliamentary Union All candidates ran as independents. Following the election was elected President by the Parliament, defeating incumbent Bernard Dowiyogo, who had been accused of squandering millions of dollars of royalties from phosphate mining (the cornerstone of Nauru's economy), by ten votes to seven. , previously MP for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. USP is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment, with almost 30,000 students in 2017. The university's main campus is in Suva, Fiji, with subsidiary campuses in each member state. History Discussion of a regional university for the South Pacific began in the early 1950s, when an investigation by the South Pacific Commission recommended the creation of a "central institution" for vocational training in the South Pacific, with a university as a distant goal. In December 1962, the Fijian Legislative Assembly discussed establishing a u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Dowiyogo
Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo (14 February 1946 – 9 March 2003) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru on seven separate occasions. During this time, he also served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Ubenide. Background and early career Dowiyogo was born in Nauru on 14 February 1946. He first became an elected member of Nauru's 18-seat parliament in 1973. Particularly in his earlier years in the Parliament of Nauru Dowiyogo was seen as an opponent of Nauru's first post-independence President, Hammer DeRoburt. Dowiyogo founded the Nauru Institute of Media and Communications which operated between 1984 and 1996 but due to financial difficulties was closed in 1997. President of Nauru He served his first term as President from 1976 to 1978 after ousting Hammer DeRoburt. Over the next 25 years, Dowiyogo served as President several times, for periods as long as six years (1989–1995) and as short as 8 days (in January 2003). He was the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 14 November 1992.Nauru Inter-Parliamentary Union All candidates ran as independents. Following the elections, was re-elected President by the Parliament by ten votes to seven. The only female member in the previous Parliament, (MP for Anetan/Ewa), lost her seat in the elections. The resulting Parliament was composed exclusively of men. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Nauruan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 9 December 1989, after the resignation of President Hammer DeRoburt following a vote of no-confidence in August and the subsequent resignation of his replacement, Kenas Aroi, for health reasons.Nauru Inter-Parliamentary Union Following the election was elected President by the Parliament, defeating DeRoburt. Voter turnout was 88.7%., Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p702 Results By constituency |
Confidence And Supply
In parliamentary system, parliamentary democracies based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply is an arrangement under which a minority government (one which does not control a majority in the legislature) receives the support of one or more parties or independent MPs on Motion of no confidence, confidence votes and Government budget, the state budget ("supply"). On issues other than those outlined in the confidence and supply agreement, non-government partners to the agreement are not bound to support the government on any given piece of legislation. A coalition government is a more formal arrangement than a confidence-and-supply agreement, in that members from junior parties (i.e., parties other than the largest) gain positions in the Cabinet (government), cabinet and Minister (government), ministerial roles, and are generally expected to hold the government Whip (politics), whip on passing legislation. Confidence In most parliamentary democracies, members of a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer DeRoburt
Hammer DeRoburt (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was a Nauruan politician and independence leader. He led negotiations for independence from Australia and the end of the country's status as a United Nations trust territory. He was subsequently elected as the inaugural president of Nauru, serving four terms in office (1968–1976, 1978–1986, 1986, 1986–1989). Prior to independence he was head chief of Nauru and chair of the Nauru Local Government Council. Early life DeRoburt was born in Nauru on 25 September 1922. He was the son of DeRoburt and Eidumunang; his maternal grandfather Daimon was the island's head chief from 1920 to 1930. He also had Banaban heritage, as his grandmother was from the island.Nancy Viviani (1970) ''Nauru: Phosphate and Political Progress'' Australian National University Press, p. 107 DeRoburt was a member of the Iruwa tribe. He was raised in Boe District. After being educated on Nauru, he attended the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
