Kinza Godfrey Clodumar (8 February 1945 – 29 November 2021) was a Nauruan politician who served as

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from 1997 to 1998.

Background

Clodumar was born in

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. He was a member of the indigenous population of Nauru, and he was concerned with environmental issues. He was a Member of

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for many years. Clodumar was the only Nauruan politician to have been elected to parliament in two different constituencies. He served his first two terms for the

Aiwo Constituency Aiwo Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Aiwo 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 ...

when ousting

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in the 1971 elections; after being re-elected thrice Clodumar resigned his post in early 1979, but was re-elected in the 1983 elections. In 1992, he did not stand for the seat and moved to the neighbouring

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, where he was re-elected in 1995 to serve a third term in parliament. Clodumar served as

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in the cabinets of

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. ...

and Kennan Adeang in 1976-1978 and from September 1986 to October 1986. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from a short term in December 1986. He was

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several times: January 1977 to January 1978, September 1986 to October 1986, December 1986 to August 1989, December 1989 to September 1993 and in November 1996. Clodumar gave and withdrew support from several other Nauruan politicians, including

René Harris René Reynaldo Harris (11 November 1947 – 5 July 2008) was President of the Republic of Nauru four times between 1999 and 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1977 to 2008.Ludwig Scotty Ludwig Derangadage Scotty (born 20 June 1948) is a Nauruan politician who twice served as President of Nauru and was Speaker of Parliament five times between 2000 and 2016. He served as president from 29 May 2003 to 8 August 2003 and again from ...

. For presidents, withdrawal of support by Clodumar often meant that a president would lose a no confidence vote.

Presidency

Clodumar was

from 12 February 1997 until 18 June 1998, when he was deposed in a no confidence vote. He held the office of

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during his term.

Later life

He later served again as

several times: April 1999 to June 1999, May 2000 to August 2000, March 2004 to May 2004 and June 2004 to August 2004. In 2003, Clodumar himself tried to regain the presidency of Nauru twice but narrowly lost the parliamentary vote both times. He lost his seat in Parliament in the October 2004 election. Clodumar was also noted for having founded and led the Centre Party. He died on 29 November 2021, at the age of 76, and received a state funeral the following day.

References

External links

* Article re. support of Clodumar for Scotty Administration: 'Nauru's new government begins work today', ''Radio New Zealand International'', 22 June 2004 http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=10635 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clodumar, Kinza 1945 births 2021 deaths Members of the Parliament of Nauru Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru Presidents of Nauru Finance Ministers of Nauru People from Aiwo District People from Boe District Centre Party (Nauru) politicians Ministers Assisting the President of Nauru 20th-century Nauruan politicians 21st-century Nauruan politicians

Background

Presidency

Later life

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