Itubwa Amram
{{Short description|Nauruan politician}}
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|constituency_MP2 = Aiwo
|parliament2 = Nauruan
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|predecessor2 = New title
|successor2 = Kinza Clodumar
|term_start2 = 31 January 1968
|term_end2 = 25 January 1971
|office1 = Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
|predecessor1 = New office
|successor1 = Kenas Aroi
|term_start1 = 1968
|term_end1 = January 1971
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|12|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Nauru
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|07|17|1922|12|21|df=y}}
|death_place = Nauru
|nationality = {{flagicon|Nauru}} Nauruan
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The Reverend Alfred Itubwa Amram (21 December 1922 – 17 July 1989) was a Nauruan pastor and political figure.
Professional roles
=Political role=
He was a member of the first parliament of the Republic of Nauru.
He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from 1968 to January 1971.
Standing for Aiwo Constituency, Amram was elected to parliament in early 1968 just before the country's independence. Four years later he lost his seat to Kinza Clodumar.{{cite journal |last1=|first1=|title=Younger Nauruans on the way up|journal=Pacific Islands Monthly|date=March 1971|volume=42|issue=3 |page=45|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332066098/view |access-date=February 4, 2023|doi=|jstor=|issn=|oclc=}}
=Pastoral role=
Amram was the first Nauruan-born ordained minister, with all preceding ministers coming from abroad. Amram was trained in Australia.{{cite book |last=|first=|date=2021|title=Christianity in Oceania |trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyIKzgEACAAJ|language=English |location= |isbn=9781474480079|pages=70|publisher=Edinburgh University Press}} Amram later served as head of the Nauruan Protestant Church.
Personal life
Death
See also
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Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:Members of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:People from Aiwo District
Category:20th-century Nauruan politicians
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