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Dantes Tsitsi | |
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| Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Aiwo | |
| In office August 26, 2007 –June 19, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Godfrey Thoma |
| Succeeded by | Milton Dube |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1959 Nauru |
| Nationality |  Nauruan |
| Residence | Aiwo |
Dantes Ingin Tsitsi (b. September 28,1959[ citation needed ]) is a Nauruan politician.
Tsitsi was elected to Parliament in the 2007 general elections[ citation needed ],gaining the seat of Godfrey Thoma and representing the constituency of Aiwo. He was re-elected in the 2008 snap elections,and then in the April 2010 election,but lost his seat in the June 2010 election,where he was the only incumbent to be defeated. [1]
Tsitsi is a close relative of former parliamentarian Edwin Tsitsi,a member of the first Parliament in 1968.[ citation needed ] Nauru's politics tend to be somewhat family oriented.
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