President of Nauru

The president of Nauru is elected by Parliament from among its members, and is both the head of state and the head of government of Nauru.

 List of officeholders 
PictureNameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeTime in office175pxHammer DeRoburt 31 January 1968 22 December 19768 years,
326 daysIndependent275pxBernard Dowiyogo 22 December 1976 19 December 19781 year,
361 days Nauru Party375pxLagumot Harris 19 December 1978 23 December 19784 days Independent(1)75pxHammer DeRoburt 23 December 1978 17 September 19867 years,

268 daysIndependent475pxKennan Adeang 17 September 1986 1 October 198614 days Nauru Party(1)75pxHammer DeRoburt 1 October 1986 12 December 198672 daysIndependent(4)Kennan Adeang 12 December 1986 22 December 198610 days Nauru Party(1)75pxHammer DeRoburt 22 December 1986 17 August 19892 years,

239 days Independent575pxKenas Aroi 17 August 1989 12 December 1989117 days Independent(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 12 December 1989 22 November 19955 years,

344 days Democratic Party(3)Lagumot Harris 22 November 1995 11 November 1996355 days Independent(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 11 November 1996 26 November 199615 days Democratic Party(4)Kennan Adeang 26 November 1996 19 December 199623 days Democratic Party675pxRuben Kun 19 December 1996 13 February 199756 days Independent7115x115pxKinza Clodumar 13 February 1997 18 June 19981 year,

126 days Centre Party(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 18 June 1998 27 April 1999313 days Democratic Party875pxRené Harris 27 April 1999 20 April 2000359 days Independent(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 20 April 2000 30 March 2001344 days Democratic Party(8) René Harris 30 March 2001 9 January 20031 year,

283 days Independent(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 9 January 2003 17 January 20038 days Democratic Party(8) René Harris 17 January 2003 18 January 20031 day Independent(2) Bernard Dowiyogo 18 January 2003 9 March 200350 days Democratic Party975pxDerog Gioura 10 March 2003 29 May 200380 days Independent1075pxLudwig Scotty 29 May 2003 8 August 200371 days Independent(8) René Harris 8 August 2003 22 July 2004319 days Independent(10)75pxLudwig Scotty 22 July 2004 19 December 20073 years,

179 days Independent1175pxMarcus Stephen 19 December 2007 10 November 20113 years,

326 days Independent1275pxFreddie Pitcher 10 November 2011 15 November 20115 days Independent1375pxSprent Dabwido 15 November 2011 11 June 20131 year,

209 days Independent1475pxBaron Waqa 11 June 2013 27 August 20196 years,

76 days Independent1575pxLionel Aingimea 27 August 2019 29 September 2022Independent 16 75px Russ Kun 29 September 2022 30 October 2023  Independent 17 75px David Adeang 30 October 2023 Incumbent  Independent

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