Ibedul is a title given to the
high chief of
Koror, in
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ...
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[{{cite book, access-date=2022-12-19, date=1996, first1=Arnold H., isbn=978-0-275-95390-4, language=en, last1=Leibowitz, page=103, publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, title=Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for Independence, url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=uBcp1CguyeMC&pg=PA103]
It has been given to:
* Ibedul
Abba Thulle
Abba Thulle was the ibedul, of Koror whom the sailor Henry Wilson and his crew met on their voyage to Palau in 1783. His second son Prince Lee Boo became one of the first people from the Pacific Islands to visit Great Britain, but died six mon ...
, father of
Prince Lee Boo
Prince Lee Boo or Lebu (1764 – 27 December 1784) was the second son of Abba Thulle (Ibedul), the ruler of Koror in the Pelew Islands, now called Palau. Prince Lee Boo was one of the first people from the Pacific Islands to visit Great Britain. W ...
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Ibedul Gibbons
Ibedul Yutaka Miller Gibbons (17 January 1944 – 4 November 2021) was a Palauan activist.
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He was the high chief of Koror and the Chairman of the Council of Chiefs.
Life
Gibbons was born in Palau in 1944. He worked as a United States Arm ...
(1944-2021), high chief and activist, Ibedul from 1973 to his death
References
Noble titles
Politics of Palau