John Ngiraked

John Ngiraked
Ngiraked in 1965
President of Senate of Micronesian Congress
In office
July 1967 – 1969
Preceded byTosiwo Nakayama
Succeeded byAmata Kabua
In office
July 1965 – July 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTosiwo Nakayama
Personal details
Born
John Obeldabl Ngiraked

1932
Ngiwal, South Seas Mandate (present day Palau)
Died2003 (aged 70–71)

John Obeldabl Ngiraked (1932–2003) was a Palauan politician and criminal.

Early life and career

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John Obeldabl Ngiraked was born 1932 in Ngiwal, then part of the South Seas Mandate. He was born into the Udes clan. He attended George Washington High School in Guam. Fluent in both English and Japanese, Ngiraked was a senior interpreter and translator for the Palau Administration before becoming a district prosecutor, and then a law clerk, for the Office of the Attorney General. He was appointed a member of the Palau District Advisory Council from 1955 to 1956.[1]

Congress of Micronesia

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Ngiraked was elected in 1965 to the Congress of Micronesia.[1] He was elected as the president of the upper chamber in July 1965, but was replaced by Tosiwo Nakayama in the same month.[2] He was re-elected as president again from July 1967[3] to 1969. Roman Tmetuchl was his political rival for a senate seat in the 1970 elections to the Congress of Micronesia.[4]

Palauan political career

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Ngiraked ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Palau in the elections of 1980, but lost to Haruo Remeliik.[4] In 1984, before Remeliik's reelection, Ngiraked declared that Remeliik's government was in despair and called on the president to resign.[4] Remeliik was assassinated in June 1985.

Ngiraked was appointed and confirmed as the Minister of State of Lazarus Salii from 1985 to 1988.[4][5] He acknowledged his involvement in the three months of violence in Palau in 1987.[4] He unsuccessfully tried to acquire the Ta Belau party nomination for President to succeed Lazarus Salii in 1988.[5] He ran again unsuccessfully for the presidency of Palau in the 1988 elections without Ta Belau backing.[4]

In March 1993, after findings of a special prosecutor, and a trial,[6] Ngiraked and his wife were found guilty of aiding and abetting the assassination of President Remeliik in June 1985.[5][7] In March 2000, he claimed responsibility for the conspiracy to kill Remeliik.[8]

Ngiraked was the author of Heritage Belau (1999).

Death

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Ngiraked died in 2003.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Udui, Elizabeth (ed.). "Biographies of Members, House of Delegates". Micronesian Reporter. Saipan: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. p. 24. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Meller, Norman (30 September 2019). THE CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA - Development of the Legislative Process in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824883683.
  3. ^ Commissioner, Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) Office of the High (1967). "Annual Report, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to the Secretary of the Interior". U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Shuster, Donald. "Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, I July 1991 to 30 June 1992".
  5. ^ a b c Leibowitz, Arnold (16 February 1996). Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for Independence. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-95390-4.
  6. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies (1995). Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred FourthCongress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-047045-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Europa Publications (2002). The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9.
  8. ^ Shuster, Donald R. (2002). Roman Tmetuchl: A Palauan Visionary. Roman Tmetuchl Family Trust. p. 129. ISBN 982-9064-01-8.
  9. ^ Shuster, Donald R. (2004). "Status Report: Republic of Palau 2004" (PDF). Transparency International Australia. p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2024. John O. Ngiraked, who was eventually caught, tried and sentenced to a life term in prison, dying in jail in 2003.
  10. ^ Shuster, Donald R. (2005). "Republic of Palau in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004". The Contemporary Pacific. 17 (1): 180. Retrieved July 30, 2024 – via ScholarSpace. Tosiwo Nakamura and John O Ngiraked, leaders of the Progressive political party in the 1960s and 1970s, died a few days apart at age 73.
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