The following lists events that happened during

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in the Republic of Nauru.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing –

COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru The COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Nauru on 2 April 2022. ...

* 1 March – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison tests positive for COVID-19 hours after meeting with President Aingimea. * 24 March –

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announces it will take in 450 asylum seekers from

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or its offshore detention centre in Nauru. * 2 April – Nauru announces its first two cases of COVID-19, after it is detected on a flight from

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. The infected passengers were quarantined in

Republic of Nauru Hospital The Republic of Nauru Hospital (RON Hospital) is a hospital in Denigomodu District, Nauru. The single hospital is the Republic of Nauru Hospital in Denigomodu District. It was formed by the amalgamation of the government-run Nauru General Hos ...

. * 8 June – The parliament of Nauru passes a constitutional amendment, which requires members of parliament to either be, or be descended from, Nauruan citizens born before, or on, the nation's independence on 30 January 1968. * 25 June – This was the first day for the age group of children 5-11 to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations. * 1 July – Nauru experiences its first death from COVID-19, later revealed to be Olympian weightlifter Reanna Solomon. * 23 July – The

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Council holds a virtual meeting in which they confirm Nauru as the host for the

2026 Micronesian Games The 11th Micronesian Games will be held in 2026 in Nauru. Nauru was selected as first-time hosts for the competition in July 2022. Sports The events of the games are still to be determined. References {{Micronesian Games Athletics Micro 2026 ...

. * 24 September –

2022 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 September 2022 to elect all 19 members of parliament. All candidates were elected on a non-partisan basis. Following the election, Russ Kun, a member of parliament for Ubenide, was elected presid ...

: Voters 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 ...

elect their

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. * 28 September –

Russ Kun Russ Joseph Kun (born 8 September 1975) is a Nauruan politician who has been president of Nauru since being elected in the 2022 presidential election. He has served as a member of parliament for Ubenide since 2013. Biography Kun was born on ...

becomes the new president of Nauru, replacing

Lionel Aingimea Lionel Rouwen Aingimea (born 2 September 1965) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He served as the fifteenth president of Nauru from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru. Early life Aingimea was born i ...

. * 1 October – The deal designating Nauru as Australia's regional processing centre lapses after the

Australian Department of Home Affairs The Department of Home Affairs is the Australian Government interior ministry with responsibilities for national security, law enforcement, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, transport security and multi ...

fails to alert Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil about the deal's expiration. * 15 November – President Kun meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in

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. *22 November – The first group of refugees, six in total, to be resettled from the Australian offshore detention centers in Nauru arrive in

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, nine years after New Zealand offered to take in the refugees from Nauru.

Deaths

* 1 July – Reanna Solomon, Olympian weightlifter (b. 1981).

References

{{Year in Oceania, 2022 2020s in Nauru Years of the 21st century in Nauru