Events in the year 2016 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 ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

** Baron Waqa *

Speaker of Parliament The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerfo ...

** Ludwig Scotty (until 13 July) ** Cyril Buraman (after 13 July)

Events

* 4 February - Lucina Detsiogo is crowned Miss Nauru 2016. * 8 April - Nauruan Ambassador to Taiwan Ludwig Keke is awarded by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou with the

Order of Brilliant Star Order of Brilliant Star () is a civilian order of the Republic of China (Taiwan) recognizing outstanding contributions to the development of the nation. The order is instituted in 1941 and can be awarded to both domestic and foreign nationals. ...

. * 13 May - Nauru holds its first citizenship ceremony, in which 35 people gain Nauruan citizenship. * 27 May - Parliament passes a bill replacing their criminal code, and in doing so decriminalises homosexuality and suicide, and outlaws marital rape, among several other things. * 9 July -

Parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

are held, with President Waqa being re-elected. * 10 July - MP Roland Kun flees Nauru to New Zealand after alleged involvement in capital protest in 2015. * 11 July - The parliamentary election in the

Aiwo Constituency Aiwo Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Aiwo 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 ...

are held, following a legal dispute, resulting in the elections of

Milton Dube Milton Dube is a Nauruan politician. He took part in the June 2010 parliamentary election, and came first in the Aiwo Constituency, unseating Opposition MP Dantes Tsitsi. It was Dube's first term in Parliament, * 13 July - Cyril Buraman is elected speaker by the parliament. * 15 July - The new cabinet of Nauru is sworn in. * 27 July - President Tsai Ing-wen receives ambassador from Nauru to Taiwan Chitra Jeremaih. * 12 November - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces that Australia and the United States have made a one-off resettlement agreement regarding refugees held in Nauru and

Manus Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of , measuring around . Manus Island is covered in rugged jungles w ...

Deaths

*29 September -

Joni Madraiwiwi Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga (10 November 1957 – 29 September 2016) was a prominent Fijian lawyer, legal scholar, jurist, and politician. He served as vice-president, and also acting president, of Fiji, and Chief Justi ...

, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru (2014–2016), in

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*8 December - Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, MP, government minister, and former Speaker of Parliament, in

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References

{{Oceania topic, 2016 in 2010s in Nauru Years of the 21st century in Nauru