Lionel Aingimea
Lionel Aingimea | |
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President of Nauru | |
Assumed office 27 August 2019 | |
Deputy | [1] [2] |
Preceded by | Baron Waqa |
Assistant Minister for Justice and Border Control | |
In office 2016–2019 | |
Member of Parliament for Meneng | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nauru[3] |
Political party | Independent |
Lionel Rouwen Aingimea is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He currently serves as President of Nauru.
Political career[]
Aingimea studied law in Australia and subsequently worked for the Regional Rights Resource Team NGO,[4] and as a public defender in the Marshall Islands.[3] He later worked as a lecturer in law at the University of the South Pacific.[3]
Aingimea ran for election to Parliament in the Meneng Constituency in 2013, but failed to be elected. Following the elections, he joined the new administration of President Baron Waqa as Secretary for Justice.[4][3]
After successfully contesting the Meneng seat in the 2016 elections, he was appointed Assistant Minister for Justice and Border Control in Waqa's government,[4] serving under Minister for Justice David Adeang. He was re-elected in the 2019 elections, which saw Waqa lose his seat. Following the elections, he was elected President by Parliament, defeating Adeang by twelve votes to six.[5]
References[]
- ^ All new Cabinet named by Nauru President Aingimea Loop Nauru, 29 August 2019
- ^ http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/c0643fb086d1e02141fc1b9590813c1b.pdf
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lionel Rouwen Aingimea elected President of Nauru Archived 2019-08-28 at the Wayback Machine PMN News, 27 August 2019
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Nauru Parliament picks lawyer Lionel Aingimea for president Deutsche Welle, 27 August 2019
- ^ Nauru's Parliament elects former human rights lawyer Lionel Aingimea as President ABC News, 27 August 2019
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