Delvin Oneil Thoma (born 8 February 1983) is a Nauruan politician.

Career

In the 2019 Nauruan parliamentary election, Thoma unsuccessfully ran for the Aiwo Constituency. Out of eight candidates, Thoma came in fourth. In the 2022 parliamentary election, Thoma was successfully elected 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 is elected by the members of the Parliament.

, alongside Rennier Gadabu, who won re-election. Thoma unseated Milton Dube. On 29 September, Thoma was appointed to President

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's cabinet, as Deputy Minister for the

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(RONPHOS). On 21 March 2023, Thoma was again re-appointed as Deputy Minister of RONPHOS by President Kun, additionally being appointed Deputy Minister for Multicultural Affairs. On 15 November 2022, Thoma was part of the Nauruan delegation during President Kun's first state visit to

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. On 30 October 2023, after a no-confidence vote against President Kun, there was a vote for president among the Parliament. Bingham Agir nominated Thoma. After the first secret ballot, MP

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and Thoma were tied at nine votes. In the second vote, Thoma received only eight votes to Adeang's ten, resulting in the election of Adeang as president. On 30 October, President Adeang replaced Thoma as RONPhos deputy minister with

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. On 31 October, President Adeang replaced Thoma as multicultural affairs deputy minister with Maverick Eoe.

References

Living people 1983 births Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Aiwo District 21st-century Nauruan politicians {{Nauru-bio-stub