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Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [7] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia .
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Preceded by. John Hennessey-Niland. Personal details. Nationality. American. Education. Drake University (BBA) Joel Ehrendreich is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Palau since September 2023. He previously served as the director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the State Department from 2022 to 2023.
Surangel S. Whipps Jr. (born 9 August 1968) [2] is a Palauan businessman and politician, who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. [3] He served as senator from 2008 to 2016. [3] He is from Ngatpang state, Republic of Palau. [1] Whipps assumed office as the President of Palau on 21 January 2021. [4][5]
On a national level, the citizens of Palau elect a president, who serves a four-year term, and acts as head of state.A national bicameral legislature, is also elected, consisting of the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau) and the Senate of Palau.
14 October 2020. (2020-10-14) (aged 76) [1] Koror, Palau. Spouse. Elong Nakamura. Kuniwo Nakamura (δΈζει, Nakamura Kunio, 24 November 1943 – 14 October 2020)[2][1] was a Palauan politician who served as the President of Palau from 1993 to 2001. He had earlier served as Vice President of Palau from 1989 to 1993, under Ngiratkel Etpison.
Republic of Palau. 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 Trinidad, the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation, sighted two small islands around the 5th parallel north, naming them "San Juan" without visiting them.
Joel Ehrendreich. Personal details. Nationality. American. Education. Tufts University (BA) MALD (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) John Hennessey-Niland is an American diplomat who had served as the United States ambassador to Palau from 2020 to 2022.