vicepresident predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
thomas remengesau , sr. alfonso oiterong thomas remengesau , sr. '' -lrb- acting -rrb- '' 20 august 1988 -lrb- age 51 -rrb- angaur , palau koror , palau president of palau 17 november 1936 3rd october 25 , 1985 lazarus eitaro salii.jpg lazarus salii
 august 20 , 1988 lazarus eitaro salii
lazarus salii

lazarus eitaro salii -lrb- 17 november 1936 -- 20 august 1988 -rrb- was a politician from palau .
he served as the third president of palau from 25 october 1985 until he committed suicide on 20 august 1988 , amid bribery allegations .
salii was involved in the palau constitutional convention of 1978 .
after the constitution took effect in 1981 , he became an ambassador until 1984 , when he became a senator , representing koror in the palau national congress .
when president haruo remeliik was assassinated on 30 june 1985 , salii was elected in august to finish his term of office -lrb- although thomas remengesau and then alfonso oiterong served in the interim -rrb- .
following his suicide by shooting in 1988 , he was succeeded by vice president remengesau as acting president , followed by ngiratkel etpison as the fourth president .
