The Democratic Party of Nauru (DPN) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the

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n nation of

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 ...

Foundation and leadership

The DPN was founded after the January 1987 elections by former President

Kennan Adeang Kennan Ranibok Adeang (23 December 1942 – 26 December 2011) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru for three separate periods during the late 20th century. Born in Nauru, and educated in Australia, including at the Australian ...

after he had been ousted by

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 g ...

for the second time in two months, with Adeang claiming it had the support of eight of the eighteen MPs.Ex-president in new party
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1987, p8 The party succeeded the informal Nauru Party headed by

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. ...

which existed since the 1970s. Dowiyogo then supported the DPN in the

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Goals and influence

The most important goal of the DPN was to prevent an expansion of power by DeRoburt and to force the role of the Parliament. In 1989 DeRoburt had been ousted in a vote of no confidence by

Kenos Aroi Kenas Aroi (17 April 1942 – 22 January 1991) was a Nauruan political figure. He was President of the Republic of Nauru from 17 August to 12 December 1989. Background Aroi was a member of the Parliament of Nauru, Speaker of the Parliament of ...

who had been supported by Adeang and his entourage but only for four months.

is the last DPN member to have been President of Nauru (2003). Afterwards, the DPN increasingly lost influence; considering it hasn't attained a seat in the Parliament since Dowiyogo's death in 2003. In 2003 the son of Kennan Adeang,

David Adeang David Waiau Adeang (born 24 November 1969) is a Nauruan politician, former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister Assisting the President of Nauru. He is a founding member of the N ...

, founded the

Nauru First Nauru First ( na, Naoero Amo) is the only formal political party in Nauru. Philosophy and leading members Its positions tend to be Liberalism, liberal, pro-government transparency (humanities), transparency, and Christian democracy, Christian ...

party.

References

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