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.
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.
The Palau Congressional Library was founded on August 18,1981,and is housed at the Palau National Congress in Koror. As of 1996,it was headed by Congressional Librarian Harry Besebes. It has a 5,000 item collection,with annual additions of 350. The library employs 2 staff members,both professional librarians.
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.
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.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Palau:
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 January 19,2017. 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. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Philippine Union College.
Alan Rechuldak Seid is a Palauan businessman and politician of partially American Jewish origin. He was elected into House of Delegates of Palau from 1989 until 2000. He along with Chen Ding-nan agreed to build the Palasia Hotel in 1995. He was a senator in the Senate of Palau from 2005 to 2009 In the 2008 presidential election he was the running mate of Elias Camsek Chin.
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.
Johnny Reklai was a Palauan businessman and politician. He was elected as the President of the Senate of Palau in April 2005. He dies in a boating accident,at the time of his death he was serving as the President of the Senate of Palau. He was succeeded in that office by Surangel S. Whipps,and his seat was filled by Hokkons Baules.
Peter Lawrence Naoya Sugiyama was a Palauan politician.
General elections were held in Palau on 30 November 1984 to elect a President,Vice-President,Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. Incumbent Haruo Remeliik won the election for President with 50.9% of the vote,whilst Alfonso Oiterong was re-elected to the post of Vice-President.
General elections were held in Palau in 1992 to elect a President,Vice-President,Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 22 September,whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 4 November. All candidates ran as independents. Despite finishing second in the first round of voting,Kuniwo Nakamura was elected President,whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 74.3% in the presidential elections on 22 September and 83.9% on 4 November,and 83.2% for the legislative elections.
General elections were held in Palau in 1996 to elect a President,Vice-President,Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 24 September,whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 5 November. All candidates ran as independents,with 36 candidates contesting the 14 Senate seats and 35 for the 16 House of Delegates seats Incumbent Kuniwo Nakamura was re-elected President,whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. was re-elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 77% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81% on 5 November.
Antonio Bells is a Palauan politician who served as the Vice President of Palau and Minister of Justice between 17 January 2013 and 19 January 2017.
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.
The Congress of Micronesia was a bicameral legislature in Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1964 to 1979.
General elections were held in Palau on 3 November 2020 to elect a President and the National Congress.
General election are scheduled to held in Palau on 12 November 2024 to elect a President and the National Congress.
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