Surangel Whipps Jr.

Surangel S. Whipps Jr. (born 1968 or 1969)[1] is a Palauan businessman and politician. He has served as Senator from 2008 - 2016. He is from Ngatpang state, Republic of Palau.[2][3][4][5][6] He was born in Baltimore, Maryland,[7] to Surangel Whipps Sr., another Palauan businessman and Senator, and a mother who herself was born in Maryland.[7]

2016 Palauan presidential election

He ran against his brother-in-law, President Thomas Remengesau Jr., who was running for re-election, in the November 2016 presidential election for Palau.[8] Remengesau received 5109 votes while Whipps won 4854 votes.[9]

References
  1. "Four candidates seek the presidency in Palau elections in 2020". January 19, 2020.
  2. http://www.palauoek.com/?page_id=19
  4. http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy23426/
  5. "Asia Pacific Association for Fiduciary Studies". www.apafs.org. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. "Title Information". library.comfsm.fm. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. "TFB Interview: Surangel Whipps Jr. from Palau - YouTube". M.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  8. "Palau island election: Brothers-in-law vying for presidency". The Independent. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  9. Carreon, Bernadette H. (2016-11-06). "Palau election too close to call, Results to be decided by overseas ballots". Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.


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