Palau,officially the Republic of Palau,is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of 466 square kilometers (180 sq mi),making it one of the smallest countries in the world. The most populous island is Koror,home to the country's most populous city of the same name. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the largest island of Babeldaob,in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north,the Federated States of Micronesia to the east,Indonesia to the south,and the Philippines to the northwest.
Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands,the most prominent being Koror Island. It is Palau’s most populous state.
Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. is a Palauan politician;in 2013 he was elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of the island nation from 2001 to 2009. He served as a Senator in the Palau National Congress between his two administrations. In sum,Remengesau was elected Vice-President of Palau in 1992 and 1996,then president in 2000,2004,2012 and 2016.
Palau has a bicameral legislature,the Palau National Congress,consisting of the House of Delegates and the Senate of Palau,which both sit at the capitol complex in Ngerulmud,Melekeok State. The House of Delegates has 16 members,each serving four-year terms in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 13 members,also serving four-year terms in multi-seat constituencies. In the last elections,held in 2020,only non-partisans were elected;no political parties exist.
University of Guam (U.O.G.) is a public land-grant university in Mangilao,Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level and eleven at the master's level. Of the university's 3,387 students,94% are of Asian-Pacific Islander ethnicity and nearly 72% are full-time. A full-time faculty of about 180 work at the university.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4,2008,to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011. It coincided with the election of Barack Obama as president. All 435 voting seats,as well as all 6 non-voting seats,were up for election. The Democratic Party,which won a majority of seats in the 2006 election,expanded its control in 2008.
The Senate of Palau is the upper house of the Palau National Congress. The Senate has 13 members serving four-year terms in multi-seat constituencies. No political parties exist. The most recent election was held on 3 November 2020.
The House of Delegates of Palau is the lower house of the Palau National Congress,Palau's bicameral legislature. The Senate of Palau is the upper house. The House of Delegates has 16 members,each serving four-year terms in single-seat constituencies. Each state represents one constituency. No political parties exist. The last election was held on 3 November 2020.
Adel Noori is a Uyghur refugee who was wrongly imprisoned for more than 7 years in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 584. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that he was born on November 12,1979,in Xinjiang,China.
General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 2008 to elect the President and members of the National Congress. The presidential election was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible to run because he had served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed and announced that he would run for a seat in the Senate.
Hersey Kyota is a Palauan politician and diplomat who has served as the ambassador of Palau to the United States since 1997. He is the current dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington,D.C.,as the longest-serving ambassador to the United States.
Noah Idechong is an environmental activist from Palau,and former chief of Palau's Governmental Division of Marine Resources,where he helped draft the Island's first marine conservation legislation in 1997. Having linked marine science,fisheries,and political reform in Palau,he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for his efforts in marine conservation. Idechong helped found the Palau Conservation Society,which spearheaded revivals in traditional conservation,now proven as effective management measures in the Micronesia region.
Johnson Toribiong is a Palauan attorney and politician. Toribiong became the president of Palau,following his victory in the November 2008 election,and left office in 2013. Before 2020 elections,Toribiong has run for president four times - in 1992,1996,2008 and 2012.
Surangel S. Whipps is a Palauan businessman and politician. He served as the president of the Senate of Palau from January 2005 to April 2005,and from 25 April 2007 to 15 January 2009,and as the speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1993 to November 1996. He was born in Airai.
General elections were held in Palau on 1 November 2016 to elect a President and the National Congress. Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau was challenged by his brother-in-law,Surangel Whipps Jr. for the presidency,emerging as the top two in the primary elections on 27 September. Remengesau was subsequently re-elected with 51% of the vote.
General elections were held in Palau on 3 November 2020 to elect a President and the National Congress.
Sabino Anastacio is a Palauan politician who has been speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau since January 2013.
Mario S. Gulibert is a Palauan politician,a member of the House of Delegates since 1988,a former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 2001 to April 2004,and a former floor leader.
Augustine Mesebeluu is a Palauan politician and a former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau.
Shiro Kyota is a Palauan politician and a former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1989 to November 1992.
