Kinza Clodumar

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His Excellency Kinza Clodumar
Clodumar in 2000
7th President of Nauru
In office 13 February 1997 – 18 June 1998
Deputy	Vinson Detenamo
Preceded by	Ruben Kun
Succeeded by	Bernard Dowiyogo
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Boe
In office November 20, 1995 – May 5, 2003
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Mathew Batsiua
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Aiwo
In office December 5, 1983 – December 9, 1989
Preceded by	David Agir
Succeeded by	Theodore Moses
In office January 25, 1971 – January 29, 1979
Preceded by	Itubwa Amram
Succeeded by	David Agir
Personal details
Born	(1945-02-08)8 February 1945 Boe,[citation needed] Nauru
Died	29 November 2021(2021-11-29) (aged 76)
Political party	Centre Party

Kinza Godfrey Clodumar (8 February 1945 – 29 November 2021) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru from 1997 to 1998.

Background[]

Clodumar was born in Boe.^{[citation needed]} He was a member of the indigenous population of Nauru, and he was concerned with environmental issues. He was a Member of Parliament for many years.

Clodumar was the only Nauruan politician to have been elected to parliament in two different constituencies. He served his first two terms for the Aiwo Constituency when ousting Itubwa Amram in the 1971 elections; after being re-elected thrice Clodumar resigned his post in early 1979, but was re-elected in the 1983 elections. In 1992, he did not stand for the seat and moved to the neighbouring Boe Constituency, where he was re-elected in 1995 to serve a third term in parliament.

He served as Minister Assisting the President of Nauru in the cabinets of Bernard Dowiyogo and Kennan Adeang in 1976-1978 and from September 1986 to October 1986. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru from a short term in December 1986.^[1]

Clodumar gave and withdrew support from several other Nauruan politicians, including Bernard Dowiyogo, René Harris and Ludwig Scotty. For presidents, withdrawal of support by Clodumar often meant that a president would lose a no confidence vote.

Presidency[]

Clodumar was President of Nauru from February 12, 1997 until June 18, 1998, when he was deposed in a no confidence vote.

Later life[]

He served as Minister of Finance from 2003 until October 2004. In 2003, Clodumar himself tried to regain the presidency of Nauru twice but narrowly lost the parliamentary vote both times. He lost his seat in Parliament in the October 2004 election.

Clodumar was also noted for having founded and led the Centre Party.

He died on November 29, 2021, at the age of 76, and received a state funeral the following day.^[2]

See also[]

• Itubwa Amram#Political role
• David Agir#Political role

References[]

• Article re. support of Clodumar for Scotty Administration: 'Nauru's new government begins work today', Radio New Zealand International, June 22, 2004 http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=10635