Parcelle James Dedagunmon Bop ( 194723 October 2013) was a

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an politician.

Biography

Bop was born around 1947. He was a member of the Iruwa tribe. In the 1983 parliamentary election, James Ategan Bop was elected to represent the

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. He died in office in July 1984. As a result, on 25 August 1984, a by-election was held in the constituency. Parcelle Bop was elected, having received 74 first preference votes. In 1985, Bop attended a conference of the

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held in

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. Bop unsuccessfully sought re-election in

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. He again unsuccessfully ran in the 1987 election. In November 2009, Bop was appointed to the Board of Directors of the

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. Bop died on 23 October 2013.

References

1940s births 2013 deaths Iruwa people Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Meneng District 20th-century Nauruan politicians {{Nauru-bio-stub