Tarkong Pedro | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 1970–1974 | |
Preceded by | Minoru Ueki |
Succeeded by | Isidoro Rudimch |
Constituency | Palau's 10th district |
Member of the Palau District Legislature | |
In office –1972 | |
Succeeded by | Moses Mokoll |
Constituency | Koror |
Personal details | |
Born | Tarkong K. Pedro |
Died | 1979 (aged 47) Guam |
Tarkong K. Pedro (died 1979) was a Palauan educator and politician. He served as a member of the Palau District Legislature and the House of Representatives of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
In 1958 he was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Hawaii. [1] He subsequently became principal of Koror Elementary School, [2] and spent a summer studying at the College of Guam. [3]
Entering politics,he served in the Palau District Legislature as a representative of Koro until 1972. [4] In April 1970 he defeated Jacob Sawaichi in a by-election for Palau's 10th district seat in the Trust Territory House of Representatives following the resignation of Minoru Ueki. [5] Although he was re-elected in the November 1970 elections,the results of the Palau seats were annulled. [6] However,he was re-elected in the subsequent by-election. [7] He was re-elected again in 1972,but lost his seat to Isidoro Rudimch in the 1974 elections.
He died in hospital in Guam in 1979 whilst travelling to New York City for a meeting of the United Nations Trusteeship Council. [8]
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