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.
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 is divided into sixteen administrative regions,called states. Palau has a high ratio of government offices to citizens,with 16 states and both a tribal chiefdom and elected legislature in each state,for 20,000 people.
Kuniwo Nakamura was a Palauan politician who served as the President of Palau from 1993 to 2001. He had earlier served as Vice President of Palau from 1989 to 1993,under Ngiratkel Etpison.
Elias Camsek Chin is a Palauan politician. He served as the Vice President of Palau from 1 January 2005 to 15 January 2009. He was elected as the president of the Senate of Palau from 16 January 2013 to 19 January 2017.
Lazarus Eitaro Salii was a politician from Palau. He served as the second elected President of Palau from 25 October 1985 until his death by suicide on 20 August 1988,amid bribery allegations.
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.
Palau–United States relations are bilateral relations between the sovereign nations of Palau and the United States. Palau has an embassy in Washington,DC,whilst the United States has an embassy in Koror. The current US Chargéd'Affaires to Palau is James Boughner
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.
Peter Lawrence Naoya Sugiyama was a Palauan politician.
General elections were held in Palau on 7 November 2000. Thomas Remengesau Jr. was elected President,whilst Sandra Pierantozzi was elected Vice President.
General elections were held in Palau on 6 November 2012. Former President Tommy Remengesau defeated his successor,incumbent Johnson Toribiong,who had been elected in 2008. Antonio Bells was elected Vice-President,defeating Kerai Mariur,who had finished first in the primary elections on 26 September.
Women in Palau,known also as Palauan women,Belauan women,Pelew women,or Women of Los Palaos Islands are women who live in or are from Palau. Historically,there was a strong "gendered division of labor" between women and men of Palau.
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.
Surangel S. Whipps Jr. is a Palauan businessman and politician,who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. He served as senator from 2008 to 2016. He is from Ngatpang state,Republic of Palau. Whipps assumed office as the President of Palau on 21 January 2021.
J. Uduch Sengebau Senior is a Palauan lawyer,judge,and politician who has served as the Vice President of Palau since 2021. She was previously a member of the Senate of Palau from 2013 until she took office as Vice President.
Sabino Anastacio is a Palauan politician who has been speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau since January 2013.
Santos Olikong was a Palauan politician and a former Speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau. He was also a senator,bank manager and cabinet minister.
