Samuel Edwin Tsitsi (17 January 192520 May 1997) was a Nauruan politician.

Biography

Tsitsi was born on 17 January 1925. His father was Samuel Tsitsi. He was member of the Eamwidara tribe. In 1939, he entered the medical service as an apprentice in a pharmacy in Sydney, Australia. In 1954, again in Sydney, he trained to become a pharmacist. In December 1964, there was a by-election to fill a vacancy in the Nauruan Local Government Council caused by the death of Councillor Raymond Gadabu. In the four-way election, Tsitsi was elected. In 1966, Tsitsi was

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to the Legislative Assembly and re-elected to the Local Government Council. He represented the

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in both. In 1968, Tsitsi was

to the first

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. He was nominated for Council of State, but failed election. Tsitsi was re-elected to parliament in 1971,

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, and

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. After Parliament Speaker

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accepted a ministerial post from President

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, Tsitsi was elected speaker on 22 December 1976. After being unable to keep order, Tsitsi resigned his parliamentary seat on 30 December. In the by-election for his seat in February 1977, Tsitsi was defeated by

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in the 1980 election, but was defeated. By 1981, Tsitsi was serving as secretary for the Local Government Council. In July 1981, MP René Harris resigned to contest a by-election and test his support. Tsitsi ran in this election, but was defeated by Harris again. Tsitsi died on 20 May 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsitsi, Edwin 1925 births 1997 deaths Eamwidara people Nauruan expatriates in Australia Members of the Parliament of Nauru Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru People from Aiwo District Pharmacists 20th-century Nauruan politicians