President of Palau
The President of the Republic of Palau is the head of government and head of state of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once in a consecutive manner.
| President of the Republic of Palau | |
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 Seal of Government of the Republic of Palau | |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
| Inaugural holder | Haruo Remeliik |
| Formation | 2 March 1981 |
| Deputy | Vice President of Palau |
| Salary | US$90,000 annually since 2010[1] |
| Website | http://palaugov.pw/ |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Palau |
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List of officeholders
All officeholders are political independents.
| № | Picture | Name[2] (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Vice President[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
Haruo Remeliik (1932–1985) |
1980 | 2 March 1981 | 30 June 1985 (Assassinated) |
4 years,
119 days |
 Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994) |
| 1984 | |||||||
| 2 |  |
Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) |
— | 30 June 1985 | 2 July 1985 | 2 days | Vacant |
| 3 | |
Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994) |
— | 2 July 1985 | 25 October 1985 | 115 days | |
| 4 |  |
Lazarus Salii (1937–1988) |
1985 | 25 October 1985 | 20 August 1988 (Suicide) |
2 years,
299 days |
Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) |
| 2 | |
Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019) |
— | 20 August 1988 | 1 January 1989 | 134 days | Vacant |
| 5 |  |
Ngiratkel Etpison (1924–1997) |
1988 | 1 January 1989 | 1 January 1993 | 4 years | .jpg) Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–) |
| 6 | |
Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–) |
1992 | 1 January 1993 | 1 January 2001 | 8 years |  Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) |
| 1996 | |||||||
| 7 | |
Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) |
2000 | 1 January 2001 | 15 January 2009 | 8 years,
14 days |
 Sandra Pierantozzi (1951–) 19 January 2001– 1 January 2005 |
| 2004 |  Elias Camsek Chin (1949–) 1 January 2005– 15 January 2009 | ||||||
| 8 |  |
Johnson Toribiong (1946–) |
2008 | 15 January 2009 | 17 January 2013 | 4 years,
2 days |
 Kerai Mariur (1951–) |
| 7 |  |
Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–) |
2012 | 17 January 2013 | Incumbent | 6 years,
286 days |
Antonio Bells (1948–) 17 January 2013– 19 January 2017[4] |
| 2016 | Raynold Oilouch (1989–) 19 January 2017–present[5] | ||||||
Latest election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tommy Remengesau | 5,109 | 51.3% | |
| Independent | Surangel Whipps Jr. | 4,854 | 48.7% | |
| Total votes | 9,963 | 100% | ||
References
- Republic of Palau. "REPUBLIC OF PALAU, TITLE 33 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, RPPL 1-38". www.paclii.org.
- "Palau Government". 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Palau Government". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Australia - Oceania :: Palau — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". Cia.gov. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-03-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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