predecessor parliament constituency_mp nationality term_start article_title name
dantes tsitsi nauruan aiwo nauru nauruan 21 june 2010 milton dube
 milton dube
milton dube

milton dube is a nauruan politician .
he took part in the june 2010 parliamentary election , and came first in the aiwo constituency , unseating opposition mp dantes tsitsi .
it was dube 's first term in parliament , and he was the sole new mp elected to parliament , his seventeen fellow mps all being re-elected incumbents .
there are no political parties in nauru , but nine mps were aligned with president marcus stephen 's incumbent government , while eight were members of the opposition .
dube had stood as an independent , campaigning on issues of interest to the citizens of his constituency .
in particular , he drew attention to the phosphate dust and other environmental issues resulting from the phosphate drying industry in aiwo .
needing dube 's support to obtain an absolute majority in parliament , the stephen government promised to relocate the industry , and to examine the possibility of using new technologies to minimise the emission of phosphate dust during the drying process .
dube , however , remained an independent , remaining unaligned and stating that he would offer his support to either side whenever they put forward policies benefiting his constituents .
eventually , dube stood for the presidency in a parliamentary secret ballot in november .
he was defeated by the incumbent , marcus stephen , who was elected with eleven votes to dube 's six .
dube was re-elected in the 2013 elections .
