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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 ...
, from the establishment of the
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colonial presence in 1888 (as part of German New Guinea), through the Japanese
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during
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, until the
independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
of the
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n-administered
Trust Territory United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the United Natio ...
of Nauru in 1968.


List

(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) On 30 January 1968, Nauru achieved independence. For a list of heads of state after independence, see President of Nauru.


See also

*
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 ...
** Politics of Nauru ** President of Nauru *
Lists of office-holders These are lists of incumbents (individuals holding offices or positions), including heads of states or of subnational entities. A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and current office holders. Incumbents may also ...
* Australia–Nauru relations *
Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru The economy of Nauru and Banaba has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental catastrophe on these islands, with 80% of the islands’ surface having been strip-mined. The phosphate deposits were virtually exhaust ...


External links


World Statesmen.org: Nauru
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colonial governors of Nauru History of Nauru * Nauru-related lists
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 ...
Foreign relations of Nauru Australia–Nauru relations Nauru–New Zealand relations Nauru–United Kingdom relations 19th century in Nauru 20th century in Nauru