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for Buada. He served as the Minister of Interior and Finance. He served as

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in the cabinets of

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and

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in 1989–1995, 1996 and 1996–1999. He was

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under

from June 1994 to November 1995. In his role as sports minister, Detenamo was involved in the founding of the Nauru Olympic Committee in 1991 and became the first president of the committee, until

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succeeded him by 2009. Detenamo was most recently elected to the Nauru parliament for the Buada constituency on 3 May 2003, but was unable to sit down in the early elections on 23 October 2004 and was unseated.

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