People from Boe (Nauru) - Hammer Deroburt, Kinza Clodumar, Baron Waqa, Kenas Aroi, Mathew Batsiua, Aweida, Eigamoiya (Paperback)

Chapters: Hammer Deroburt, Kinza Clodumar, Baron Waqa, Kenas Aroi, Mathew Batsiua, Aweida, Eigamoiya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HE Hammer DeRoburt, KBE (September 25, 1922 July 15, 1992) was the founding President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence. A survivor of the wartime Japanese deportation of all Nauruans to Truk (1942-1946), he was elected to the Local Government Council of Nauru in the 1950s; then elected head chief (1955). He was the chief negotiator on phosphate royalties with the colonial power, Australia, which administered the island as a United Nations trust. DeRoburt led the country to independence on January 31, 1968, and was president for most of the period until August 17, 1989. In December 1976, younger politicians gained a majority and installed Bernard Dowiyogo as president, but DeRoburt returned to power in May 1978. He was also out of office for two short periods in September and December 1986. He was given an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1982. DeRoburt is credited with introducing Australian rules football to Nauru, which became the national sport. He died in Melbourne in 1992. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=27799