List of speakers of the Parliament of Nauru

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|incumbent = Marcus Stephen

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|inaugural = Itubwa Amram

|salary = $89,315 (AUD) annually{{cite web|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/index.php/act/view/1192|title=Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Act 2016|date=16 June 2018|publisher=Parliament of Nauru}}

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{{Politics of Nauru}}

The Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru is the presiding officer of that legislature in the Republic of Nauru. The Speaker is elected by the members in the Parliament of Nauru.{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/about-parliament/how-is-parliament-managed/speaker.aspx|title=Speaker - The Government of the Republic of Nauru|website=www.naurugov.nr}}

A list of the office holders follows.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2227_arc.htm|title=IPU PARLINE database: NAURU, election archives|website=archive.ipu.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/index.php/welcome/advanced_search|title=RONLAW - Nauru's Online Legal Database - Advanced search|website=ronlaw.gov.nr}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/news-events/archive.aspx|title=Archive - The Government of the Republic of Nauru|website=www.naurugov.nr}}

List

class="wikitable"

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Notes

Itubwa Amram

|1968

|January 1971

|

Kenas Aroi

|January 1971

|January 1977

|{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Samuel Tsitsi

|January 1977

|April 1977

|{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

David Peter Gadaraoa

|April 1977

|August 1981

|

Ruben Kun

|August 1981

|12 December 1986

|{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Government Gazette: 22nd October 1986 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/b308e86c3126c5eb44692a7bcc42c259.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}

René Harris

|December 1986

|December 1986

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397679/nauru-s-new-president-goes-for-freshness-in-cabinet|title=Nauru's new president goes for freshness in cabinet|date=August 28, 2019|website=RNZ }}

Kinza Clodumar

|December 1986

|December 1986

|

Pres Nimes Ekwona

|22 December 1986

|18 September 1987

|{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Government Gazette: 30th December 1986 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/31eb7fb1b1d27fb235ebe15bd5b30b74.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}

Derog Gioura

|18 September 1987

|17 November 1992

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/npfa1987267/|title=Nauru Police Force (Amendment) Act 1987|website=www.paclii.org}}

Paul Denebaua Jeremiah

|18 November 1992

|21 November 1995

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/ronfca1995446/|title=Republic of Nauru Finance Corporation (Amendment) Act 1995|website=www.paclii.org}}

Maein Deireragea

|21 November 1995

|12 February 1997

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/cala1995327/|title=Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1995|website=www.paclii.org}}

Kennan Adeang

|12 February 1997

|12 December 1998

|{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Fisheries Act 1997 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/acts/d0dfe3619bee539d57dfc65f791f509e.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}

Ludwig Keke

|12 December 1998

|12 April 2000

|{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Act No. 1 of 1999|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/acts/fb9992b27b3912d01b0586a54de4aaea.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}

Ludwig Scotty

|13 April 2000

|29 March 2001

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-21st-parliament/hon-ludwig-scotty-mp-member-for-constituency-of-anabar/profile.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824211738/http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-21st-parliament/hon-ludwig-scotty-mp-member-for-constituency-of-anabar/profile.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|title=Profile - The Government of the Republic of Nauru|date=August 24, 2019}}

Aloysius Amwano

|29 March 2001

|30 March 2001

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-20th-parliament/hon-aloysius-amwano-mp-member-for-ubenide/profile.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824211304/http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-20th-parliament/hon-aloysius-amwano-mp-member-for-ubenide/profile.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|title=Profile - The Government of the Republic of Nauru|date=August 24, 2019}}

Ludwig Scotty

|25 May 2001

|19 December 2002

|

Vassal Gadoengin

|December 2002

|20 January 2003

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2003/03/14/nauru-finds-speaker-parliament|title=Nauru Finds Speaker of Parliament | Pacific Islands Report|website=www.pireport.org|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2021-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902124740/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2003/03/14/nauru-finds-speaker-parliament|url-status=dead}}

Ross Cain

|13 March 2003

|6 May 2003

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-03-13/nauru-parliament-breaks-speaker-stalemate/1816584|title=Nauru Parliament breaks Speaker stalemate|date=March 13, 2003|website=ABC News}}

Godfrey Thoma

|6 May 2003

|7 May 2003

|

Fabian Ribauw

|29 May 2003

|8 August 2003

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31009/14-8.8.2003__v__first-third-fifteenth.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824221924/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31009/14-8.8.2003__v__first-third-fifteenth.pdf|title=Votes & Proceedings of the Fifteenth Parliament No. 14|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2019}}

Nimrod Botelanga

|8 August 2003

|24 February 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31024/20-24.2.2004__v__second-seventh-fifteenth.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824221859/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31024/20-24.2.2004__v__second-seventh-fifteenth.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|title=Votes & Proceedings of the Fifteenth Parliament, No. 20|date=August 24, 2019}}

Ludwig Scotty

|24 February 2004

|6 April 2004

|

Terangi Adam

|6 April 2004

|29 April 2004 - ?

|acting{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31039/25-15.4.2004__v__fourth-eighth-fifteenth.pdf|title=Votes & Proceedings of the Fifteenth Parliament No. 25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824221926/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31039/25-15.4.2004__v__fourth-eighth-fifteenth.pdf|url-status=live|date=15 April 2004|archive-date=24 August 2019}}

David Adeang

|May 2004

|22 June 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/tfpa2004306/|title=Treasury Fund Protection Act 2004|website=www.paclii.org}}

Riddell Akua

|June 2004

|15 July 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/ltifa2004463/|title=Long Term Investment Fund (Sequesteration) Act 2004|website=www.paclii.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31054/49-15.7.2004__v__first-tenth-fifteenth.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824221855/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/31054/49-15.7.2004__v__first-tenth-fifteenth.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2019}}

Russell Kun

|15 July 2004

|26 October 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/pca2004157/|title=Price Control Act 2004|website=www.paclii.org}}

Vassal Gadoengin

|26 October 2004

|15 December 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30882/1-26.10.2004__v__first-first-sixteenth.pdf|title=Votes & Proceedings of the Sixteenth Parliament No. 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824223954/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30882/1-26.10.2004__v__first-first-sixteenth.pdf|url-status=live|date=26 October 2004|archive-date=24 August 2019}}

Valdon Dowiyogo

|27 December 2004

|December 2007

|

Riddell Akua

|December 2007

|18 March 2008

|resigned

David Adeang

|20 March 2008

|18 April 2008

|removed from officehttp://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/d378aca95876cbeb4dc04bef6868b92b.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Riddell Akua

|29 April 2008

|13 March 2010

|resigned{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30855/no._31__v__first-nineteenth-eighteenth__13_march_2010_.pdf|title=Votes and Proceedings of the Eighteenth Parliament No. 31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824222400/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30855/no._31__v__first-nineteenth-eighteenth__13_march_2010_.pdf|url-status=live|date=13 March 2010|archive-date=24 August 2019}}

Dominic Tabuna

|13 March 2010

|27 April 2010

|acting{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30858/no._32__v___second-nineteenth-eighteenth__16_march_2010_.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824222515/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30858/no._32__v___second-nineteenth-eighteenth__16_march_2010_.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2019}}

Shadlog Bernicke

|27 April 2010

|13 May 2010

|http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/c5ccbbd58602afae6d068863ea5d152a.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Godfrey Thoma

|13 May 2010

|18 May 2010

|resigned{{Cite web|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30744/no._6__v__sixth-first-nineteenth__13_may__2010_.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824224205/http://www.naurugov.nr/media/30744/no._6__v__sixth-first-nineteenth__13_may__2010_.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2019}}

Dominic Tabuna

|1 June 2010

|4 June 2010

|resigned

Aloysius Amwano

|2 July 2010

|July 2010

|removed from office

Landon Deireragea

|9 July 2010

|1 November 2010

|acting

Ludwig Scotty

|1 November 2010

|18 April 2013

|resigned

Landon Deireragea

|18 April 2013

|25 April 2013

|acting

Godfrey Thoma

|25 April 2013

|28 May 2013

|{{cite web |title=Hon Godfrey Thoma MP - Member for Aiwo - The Government of the Republic of Nauru |url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-20th-parliament/hon-godfrey-thoma-mp-member-for-aiwo.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194954/http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/members/members-20th-parliament/hon-godfrey-thoma-mp-member-for-aiwo.aspx |archive-date=2014-04-04 |date=4 April 2014}} lost seat after 2013 elections.

Ludwig Scotty

|11 June 2013

|July 2016

|lost seat after 2016 elections.

Cyril Buraman

|13 July 2016

| August 2019

|lost seat after 2019 elections

Marcus Stephen

|27 August 2019

|Incumbent

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397576/aingimea-chosen-as-waqa-s-successor-in-nauru|title=Aingimea chosen as Waqa's successor in Nauru|date=August 27, 2019|website=RNZ }}

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