Sprent Jared Dabwido is a Nauru

Nauru

Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...

an politician. He became the President of Nauru

President of Nauru

The President of Nauru is elected by Parliament from amongst its members. He is both the head of state and head of government of Nauru. Nauru's unicameral Parliament has 18 members, with an electoral term of 3 years. Political parties only play a minor role in Nauru politics, and there has often...

 on 15 November 2011.

Background

Dabwido is a close relative of former parliamentarian Audi Dabwido, who served in the first parliament of Nauru in 1968.

Parliamentary role

Dabwido was elected to parliament in the 2004 general elections, defeating Nimrod Botelanga to win the seat of Meneng

Meneng Constituency

Meneng Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Meneng to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren....

. He has been subsequently re-elected in 2007 and 2008. He was a member of Marcus Stephen

Marcus Stephen

Marcus Stephen was President of the Republic of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. In addition to the presidency, he held the offices of Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust, Minister for Police, Prisons, & Emergency Services, and Minister for Public...

's parliamentary faction and became the Minister for Telecommunications in Stephen's government. He announced the introduction of mobile phones to Nauru in 2009.

President of Nauru

Stephen resigned on 10 November 2011 and was replaced by another member of his faction, Freddie Pitcher. At the next meeting of parliament on 15 November Dabwido announced that he had joined the opposition and then successfully moved a motion of no confidence against Pitcher. He was subsequently elected as president by a margin of 9 - 8.

See also

• Politics of Nauru
  Politics of Nauru
  Politics of Nauru takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nauru is the head of government of the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament...
  
  
• Elections in Nauru
  Elections in Nauru
  Elections in Nauru gives information on election and election results in Nauru.Nauru elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Parliament has 18 members, elected for a three year term in multi-seat constituencies...
  
  
• Nauruan parliamentary election, 2008
  Nauruan parliamentary election, 2008
  Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as "months of political deadlock"...