Vassal Gadoengin
{{Short description|Nauruan politician}}
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|predecessor1 = Ruby Dediya
|successor1 = Marcus Stephen
|term_start1 = 10 February 1997
|term_end1 = 5 May 2003
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|predecessor2 = Remy Namaduk
|successor2 = Cyril Buramen
|term_start2 = 23 February 2004
|term_end2 = 15 December 2004
|office4 = Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
|predecessor4 = Ludwig Scotty
|successor4 = Ross Cain
|term_start4 = December 2002
|term_end4 = January 2003
|predecessor5 = Russell Kun
|successor5 = Valdon Dowiyogo
|term_start5 = 26 October 2004
|term_end5 = 15 December 2004
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|birth_place = Nauru
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|12|15|1943|05|01|df=y}}
|death_place = Nauru
|nationality = {{flagicon|Nauru}} Nauruan
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Vassal Abago Bagobagan Gadoengin (1 May 1943 – 15 December 2004){{cite news |title=Nauru's parliament speaker dies of a heart attack |work=Xinhua General News Service |date=2004-12-16}} was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Nauru.
Background
Vassal attended school in the United States. He attended Skagit Valley College, Mt. Vernon, Wa., in the late 1960s. He continued his education in Portland, Oregon in the early 1970s.
Before entering a political career, which he did not do until he was into his mid-50s, Gadoengin had been working as a teacher.
Political roles
Gadoengin was elected to parliament in 1997, winning the seat of Ruby Dediya and was re-elected in 2000. He served as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Bernard Dowiyogo in March 2001.{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : March 2001 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/e610451059338ab59770fb7ce1b7fa5c.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}} In 2003 he lost his seat to newcomer Marcus Stephen, but regained it after the 2004 snap elections.
=Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru=
He was elected Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru twice: from December 2002 to January 2003, and again on 26 October 2004.{{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}}{{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|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=dead|archive-date=24 August 2019|date=24 August 2019}} He was serving in this office when he died. Gadoengin was succeeded as Speaker by Valdon Dowiyogo.{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=14177, |title=Nauru elects a new Speaker |date=7 January 2005 |work=Radio New Zealand International |access-date=26 November 2011}}
See also
References
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Category:Ministers of finance of Nauru
Category:Members of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:People from Anetan District
Category:20th-century Nauruan politicians
Category:21st-century Nauruan politicians
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