Yukio Shmull
{{Short description|Palauan politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Yukio Shmull
| image =
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| office1 = Governor of Peleliu
| term_start1 = 1 January 1983
| term_end1 = 1 January 1986
| predecessor1 = Office established
| successor1 = Timarong Sisior
| birth_name = Yukio Mengirarou Shmull
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age at death|78|2018|6|9|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = 9 June 2018 (aged 78)
| death_place =
| party = Independent
| occupation = Politician
| spouse =
| children =
}}
Yukio Mengirarou Shmull{{efn|Also spelled Yukiwo.}} (died 9 June 2018) was a Palauan politician who served as the first Governor of Peleliu from 1983 to 1986.
Career
Shmull served as supervisor of the Palauan government's property and supply division from 1963 to 1967, a member and chairman of the Palau Maritime Authority from 1982 to 1992, a member and vice chairman of the country's foreign investment board from 1978 to 1980 and a member of the Palau National Communications Corporation's board of directors from 1982 to 1985. He served as the first Governor of Peleliu from 1983 to 1986 and was speaker of the Peleliu State Legislature from 1996 to 1998. In 2009, he became a member of the Belau National Museum's board of directors of the and he was also a member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association. In 2011, he received the title of uchelsias of Ngesias in Peleliu.{{Cite web|url=http://islandtimes.org/pelelius-first-governor-dies-at-78/|title=Peleliu's first governor dies at 78|first=Island|last=Times|date=22 June 2018|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231112951/https://islandtimes.org/pelelius-first-governor-dies-at-78/|archive-date=31 December 2023|url-status=live|website=Island Times}} In 2016, he became a member of the 12th Peleliu State Legislature.{{Cite web|url=http://islandtimes.org/12th-peleliu-state-legislature-gains-full-membership/|title=12th Peleliu State Legislature gains full membership|first=L.N.|last=Reklai|date=19 August 2016|access-date=8 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108075211/https://islandtimes.org/12th-peleliu-state-legislature-gains-full-membership/|archive-date=8 January 2024|url-status=live|website=Island Times}}
Personal life
He died on 9 June 2018 at the age of 78. On 19 June 2018, President Thomas Remengesau Jr. proclaimed that all flags be flown at half-mast from 20 June to 25 June in honour of Shmull. In December 2018, he was succeeded as Uchelsias by Shallum Etpison, son of former president Ngiratkel Etpison.{{Cite web|url=http://islandtimes.org/shallum-becomes-uchelsias-of-peleliu/|title=Shallum becomes uchelsias of Peleliu|first=Island|last=Times|date=21 December 2018|access-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230174041/https://islandtimes.org/shallum-becomes-uchelsias-of-peleliu/|archive-date=30 December 2023|url-status=live|website=Island Times}}
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Category:20th-century Palauan politicians