Indirect presidential elections were held in
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 Ki ...
on 28 August 2007. They were originally scheduled for June, but a debate on changing the constitution and allowing direct presidential elections delayed the election for a few months.
The incumbent
Ludwig Scotty was re-elected with fourteen of the eighteen votes in parliament. The candidate of the opposition,
Commonwealth Games gold-winning
weightlifter Marcus Stephen, earned three votes.
However, after a
vote of no confidence in December, 2007, the Administration of
President of Nauru Ludwig Scotty was overturned in favour of a new Administration led by
Marcus Stephen, who became
President of Nauru in place of Mr. Scotty.
References
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2007
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