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Ruby Thoma
Ruby Thoma, born Ruby Dediya in 1949 in Nauru,Developing 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 general election, in the Anetan/ 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 ; 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 be left to men. She was unsuccessful. Election to Parliament Standing as a candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific 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 and 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. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...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 300. 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 . All candidates ran as independents. Following the elections, Kinza Clodumar 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 the Vice-President of Nauru. 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 Derog Gioura (1 September 1932 – 25 September 2008) was a Nauruan political figure. He was President of the Republic of Nauru (acting) in 2003. Political role Gioura has been fighting many years with Kennan Adeang over a parliament .... List References {{Nauru topics Political office-holders in Nauru Government ministers of Nauru Government of Nauru Vice presidents 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 Lagumot Harris 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 university, 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 1950's, when an investigation by the then-South Pacific Commission recommended the creation of a "central institution" for vocational training in the South Pacific, with a university college as a distant goal. In December 1962, the Fijian Legislative As ... [...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 youngest ... [...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, Bernard Dowiyogo 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 Bernard Dowiyogo 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 References< ...
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Confidence And Supply
In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply are required for a ruling cabinet to retain power in the lower house. A confidence-and-supply agreement is one whereby a party or independent members of parliament will support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining. However, parties and independent members normally retain the right to otherwise vote in favour of their own policies or on conscience on legislative bills. 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 and ministerial roles, and may be expected to hold the government whip on passing legislation. Confidence In most parliamentary democracies, members of a parliament can propose a motion of confidence or of no confidence in the government or ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer DeRoburt
Hammer DeRoburt (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was the first President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence. Background and early career Born in 1922, DeRoburt was the grandson of a former Head Chief of Nauru and 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 After being educated on Nauru, he attended the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong, Australia. After returning to Nauru, he started working as a teacher. During the Japanese occupation of Nauru he was deported to Truk by the Japanese, along with most of the Nauruan population. When he returned to Nauru in 1946 he started working at the Department of Education. He decided to stand in the first elections to the Local Government Council in 1951, and although he gained enough support to be nominated as a candidate in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
