House of Delegates of Palau

Last updated
House of Delegates
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Delegates [1]
Gibson Kanai
since 16 January 2025
Vice Speaker [1]
Mario Gulibert
since 16 January 2025
Floor Leader [1]
Warren Umetaro
since 16 January 2025
Structure
Seats16
Palau House of Delegates.svg
Political groups
  •   Independent (16)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post voting
Last election
 3 November 2020
Next election
2024
Meeting place
Capitol-complex-melekeok-palau20071220 crop.jpg
Olbiil era Kelulau building in the Capitol of Palau complex, Ngerulmud
Website

The House of Delegates of Palau is the lower house of the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau), 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 5 November 2024.

Contents

Palau Legislature 1955-1980

The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands established Palau legislature, Olbiil era Kelulau, in January 1955 by a charter. [2] [3] The legislature was composed of 28 members elected every four years. [3] The presiding officer was initially called Bedul Olbiil. [4] The members of the legislature were organized into Liberal and Progressive parties. [5]

Speaker of LegislatureTook officeLeft officeNotes
Roman Tmetuchl 19561957 - ? [6] [7]
Takeo Yano ? - 19591959 - ? [7]
Jonathan Emul ? - 19601960 - ? [7]
Thomas Remengesau Sr. ? - 19611961 - ? [7]
David Ramarui ? - 19621962 - ? [7]
Toribiong Uchel ? - 19631965Died in office [3]
Jacob Sawaichi 19651966 [3]
Itelbang Luii 1966October 1975 [3] [8]
Sadang Silmai October 1975December 1979 [9] [10]
Tosiwo Nakamura December 1979November 1980 [11] [12]

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Name [13] Took officeLeft officeNotes
Carlos Salii January 1981July 1985 [14] [15]
Santos Olikong July 1985November 1988 [14]
Shiro Kyota January 1989November 1992 [16]
Surangel S. Whipps 28 January 1993November 1996 [16]
Ignacio Anastacio January 1997November 2000
Mario S. Gulibert January 2001April 2004 [17]
Antonio Bells April 2004November 2004
Augustine Mesebeluu January 2005April 2007
Antonio Bells April 2007November 2008
Noah Idechong 15 January 2009November 2012 [18]
Sabino Anastacio January 201316 January 2025
Gibson Kanai [1] 16 January 2025 [19] Incumbent

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Palau</span>

The politics of Palau take place in a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of government. Palau currently has no political parties and is a de facto non-partisan democracy although there is no law preventing the formation of political parties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belau rekid</span> National anthem of Palau

"Belau rekid" is the national anthem of Palau. Officially adopted in 1981, the music was composed by Ymesei O. Ezekiel, to which the combined words of several authors were set.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palau National Congress</span> Legislature of Palau

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngeremlengui</span> State in Palau

Ngeremlengui is one of Palau's sixteen states. It has a population of 349, and is just west of the capital in Melekeok state. Among the 16 states of Palau, it’s the one with the lowest density but the one with the most neighbor states. It’s also the seventh most populous state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Legislature of the Marshall Islands</span> National legislature of the Marshall Islands

The Legislature of the Marshall Islands has 33 members, elected for a four-year term in nineteen single-seat and five multi-seat constituencies. The last election was November 20, 2023. Elections in the Marshall Islands are officially nonpartisan, but most members of the Nitijeļā are affiliated with one of the four active political parties in the Marshall Islands: Aelon Kein Ad (AKA), Kien Eo Am (KEA), United People's Party (UPP), and United Democratic Party (UDP).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senate of Palau</span> Upper house of the Palau National Congress

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. Since Januaru 2025, the Senate has 15 members. No political parties exist. The most recent election was held on November 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melekeok</span> State in Palau

Melekeok is a state of the Republic of Palau located on the central east coast of Babeldaob Island. The seat of government of the country, Ngerulmud, is located in the state. The state consists of long beaches, hills, steep ridges, rivers, and the largest and only natural freshwater lake in Palau and Micronesia, Lake Ngardok.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Tmetuchl</span> Palauan politician and businessman (1926–1999)

Roman Tmetuchl was a Palauan political leader and businessman. He grew up in Japanese-controlled Palau and joined the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police, during World War II. After the war, he became the leader of Palau's Liberal Party. He worked in the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1964 to 1978 and advocated for Palau gaining a separate status from the rest of Micronesia. He became governor of Airai and engaged in three unsuccessful Palauan presidential campaigns. As a businessman, Tmetuchl led several construction projects for his business holdings and for the Palauan community, including the Palau International Airport and a Seventh-Day Adventist clinic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Palau</span> Overview of and topical guide to Palau

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Palau:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hokkons Baules</span> Palauan politician

Hokkons Baules is a businessman and a politician, and currently a member of the Senate of Palau. He has been the president of the Senate since 19 January 2017. He was elected in 2008 to fill the seat of the late Senate president Johnny Reklai. He had previously served in the Senate of the Second Olbiil Era Kelulau from 1985 until 1988.

Surangel Samuel Whipps Sr. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Palauan referendum</span>

A twenty-three-part referendum was held in Palau on 4 November 2008 alongside the country's general elections. Voters were asked questions on requirements of citizenship to hold office, government provision of primary school and health care, the definition of marriage and term limits for Parliament. Only the proposal permitting naturalization for certain adoptees failed to obtain the requisite majority of the vote and majority in 3/4th of the states.

The Ministry of Justice in Palau is part of the Executive Branch and consists of the following bureaus:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</span> Legislative body

The Congress of Micronesia was a bicameral legislature in Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1964 to 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Finance (Marshall Islands)</span>

Ministry of Finance of the Marshall Islands is a government ministry in the Marshall Islands responsible for providing a management system for public finances to manage revenue and fiscal functions of the Government of the Marshall Islands.

The Ministry of Finance is a government agency of Palau, responsible for public finances of Palau. The ministry is located in Ngerulmud. The vision of the ministry includes to promote productivity of government services, and economic growth. The ministry employs about 11 to 50 persons.

Ignacio Anastacio is a Palauan businessman, politician and a former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1997 to November 2000.

Shiro Kyota is a Palauan politician and a former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1989 to November 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Salii</span> Palauan politician

Carlos Hiroshi Salii was a Palauan lawyer, politician and a former Speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from 1981 to 1985.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Times, Island (17 January 2025). "Historic Gains for Women as Palau's 12th National Government Takes Office". Island Times.
  2. ↑ Nagel, Stuart (2000-01-03). Handbook of Global Legal Policy. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8247-7892-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs. January 1, 1964 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs. August 2, 1955 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Donald R. Shuster. "ELECTIONS, COMPACT, AND ASSASSINATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU".
  6. ↑ "001 19570900: 3". www.pacificdigitallibrary.org.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Lal, Brij V., ed. (2005). The Defining Years Pacific Islands, 1945-65 (PDF). Pacific and Asian History Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN   0-909524-27-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  8. ↑ "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs. 1971 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Shuster, Donald R.; Larmour, Peter; Strokirch, Karin von (1998). Leadership in the Pacific Islands: Tradition and the Future. National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-7315-2372-6.
  10. ↑ "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs. January 1, 1976 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "PALAU MOURNS FORMER SPEAKER | Pacific Islands Report". www.pireport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  12. ↑ "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs. January 1, 1976 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Pacific Digital Library". www.pacificdigitallibrary.org.
  14. 1 2 Leibowitz, Arnold H. (1996). Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for Independence. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-275-95390-4.
  15. ↑ "Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM". 1981.
  16. 1 2 Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs (1991). "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - year 1992".
  17. ↑ "The Republic of Palau - House of Delegates". December 17, 2005. Archived from the original on December 17, 2005.
  18. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: PALAU (House of Delegates) ELECTIONS IN 2008". archive.ipu.org.
  19. ↑ "Palau | House of Delegates". IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.