Palau has several traditional chiefs of its 16 states. A factor that resulted in the decline of chiefly authority in Palau was the introduction of elected...
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Thomas Remengesau Sr. (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
a politician in Palau. He was Vice President of Palau from 1985 to 1988, and acting President of Palau in 1985 and President of Palau from 1988 to 1989...
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Yukio Shmull (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
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...
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Surangel S. Whipps (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) "Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". PalauGov.pw. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved...
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Thomas Remengesau Jr. (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of the island nation from 2001...
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chiefs be in agreement. Palau is divided into 16 traditional polities. The 16-seat Council of Chiefs, made up of the traditional chiefs from each constituent...
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Johnson Toribiong (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
1946) is a Palauan attorney and politician. Toribiong became the president of Palau, following his victory in the November 2008 election, and left office in...
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Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of...
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Abba Thulle (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
'paramount chief' of Koror whom the sailor Henry Wilson and his crew met on their voyage to Palau in 1783. His second son Prince Lee Boo became one of the first...
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Ngiratkel Etpison (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
Etpison (3 May 1924 – 1 August 1997) was a politician and businessman from Palau. Etpison was elected President in 1988 and served from 1989 until 1993,...
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Yukiwo P. Dengokl (category Traditional chiefs of Palau)
Assistance". U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Palau. Retrieved 2020-08-04. "Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". PalauGov.pw. Archived from the original on March...
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Peleliu (redirect from Peleliu, Palau)
of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the...
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Palau was initially settled around 1000 BC. Palau was likely sighted for the first time by Europeans as early as 1522, when the Spanish mission of the...
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Koror (redirect from Koror County, Palau)
the clan of the Ibedul, the high chief of Palau. Several traditional villages in Koror span the volcanic and rock island portions. Many of the stone...
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island and state in the island nation of Palau. Angaur was traditionally divided among some eight clans. Traditional features within clan areas represent...
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Ibedul succession dispute (category 2021 in Palau)
claim in favour of her son, James Lebuu Littler. Merep was accepted as ibedul by the traditional chiefs of Koror and the Council of Chiefs, although Salii...
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Micronesians (redirect from People of Palau)
tribe headed by two principal chiefs. The tribes were organized on a feudal basis. In theory, "all land belonged to the chiefs, who received regular tribute...
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Honolulu is today. In Palau there is many traditional meeting houses known as bais or abais. In ancient times every village in Palau had a bai as it was...
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Ngiwal (category States of Palau)
Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415976640. "Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". "State/National Election Schedule". Palau Election...
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consists of all or some of the "traditional leaders", historically kings and chiefs, of a country or a sub-division thereof. A House of Chiefs is not,...
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history of national politics of Palau, Sandra Pierantozzi became the Vice President of Palau, and served as Palau's Minister of State. Traditionally, a Senior...
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Gloria Salii (category Traditional chiefs of Koror)
of Koror which is the female counterpart of ibedul and highest ranking female chief title in Palau. She became the bilung in 1975. After the death of...
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Airai (category States of Palau)
located on the southern coast of Babeldaob island, is the second-most populous state of Palau. It contains the country's chief airport, Roman Tmetuchl International...
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Ngarchelong (category States of Palau)
"Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". Snyder, David.; Adams, William Hampton; Butler, Brian M. (1997). Archaeology and historic preservation in Palau. Anthropology...
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Hatohobei (category States of Palau)
Tobi, or Hatohobei (Tobian), is the southernmost of Palau's sixteen states, consisting of Tobi Island and Helen Reef. The total land area is about 0.88 km²...
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Ngardmau (category States of Palau)
is one of Palau's sixteen states and is located on the west side of Babeldaob between the states of Ngaraard and Ngeremlengui. The total area of Ngardmau...
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Ngchesar (category States of Palau)
& Francis. ISBN 9780415976640. "Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". "State/National Election Schedule". Palau Election Commission. 5 November 2020. "About...
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Ngeremlengui (category States of Palau)
& Francis. ISBN 9780415976640. "Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". "State/National Election Schedule". Palau Election Commission. 5 November 2020. "Ngeremlengui...
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Melekeok (redirect from State of Melekeok)
"Council of Chiefs – PalauGov.pw". "Palau Census 2005" (PDF). "Melkeok Elementary School Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Education...
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Ngatpang (category States of Palau)
Ngatpang is one of Palau's sixteen states. It comprises an area of around 47 square kilometers in the west of Palau's largest island, Babeldaob, facing...
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