Kenas Aroi
{{Short description|President of Nauru}}
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|constituency_MP2 = Boe
|parliament2 = Nauruan
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|predecessor2 = Constituency Established
|successor2 = Detonga Deiye
|term_start2 = January 31, 1968
|term_end2 = January 22, 1991
|office1 = President of Nauru
|deputy1 = Vinson Detenamo
|predecessor1 = Hammer DeRoburt
|successor1 = Bernard Dowiyogo
|term_start1 = 17 August 1989
|term_end1 = 12 December 1989
|office3 = Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
|predecessor3 = Itubwa Amram
|successor3 = Samuel Tsitsi
|term_start3 = January 1971
|term_end3 = January 1977
|birth_date = 17 April 1942
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|nationality = {{flagicon|Nauru}} Nauruan
|spouse = Millicent Aroi
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Kenas Aroi (17 April 1942 – 22 January 1991) was a Nauruan politician and, from 17 August to 12 December 1989, President of the Republic of Nauru.
Background
Aroi was a member of the Parliament of Nauru, Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from January 1971 to January 1977.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxk0AAAAIAAJ|title=Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM.|date=September 4, 1977|publisher=Pacific Publications|via=Google Books}} He was elevated to cabinet in January 1977. He was Minister of Finance under Bernard Dowiyogo in January 1978.{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : January 1978 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/99c1bceb45c6e3bf648b9a271b5d2712.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}
Aroi was also Minister of Finance under Hammer DeRoburt from April 1979{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : April 1979 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/5044120d4bd6fec9d6ad2dfea55d15cd.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}} to September 1986 and again from October 1986{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : October 1986 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/61ad5f250878b2dd97c92092ca66dbc1.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}} to December 1986. Before he became president, Aroi was involved in the Nauru Phosphate Corporation.
President of Nauru
With support from Kennan Adeang, as Hammer DeRoburt was caught in a military situation, Aroi became president on 17 August 1989. Adeang then became finance minister. During his period of Presidential office Aroi experienced health problems and after a stroke in November 1989 he did not run in the elections in December of that year. He was succeeded on 12 December 1989 by Bernard Dowiyogo.Stuart Inder, [http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8557/1/v4n1-188-190-politicalrev.pdf Nauru], The Contemporary Pacific, Spring 1992
Personal
Kenas Aroi was a member of the Eamwitmwit tribe. Aroi died on 22 January 1991.{{Cite journal |last=|first=|date=13 February 1991|title=Births, Deaths and Marriages |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/32f3b3b56598b170dfa78f3458eff721.pdf |journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=15|page=8}} His widow, Millicent Aroi has served as Nauru's High Commissioner to Fiji.
See also
References
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Category:People from Boe District
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