Kinza Clodumar

Kinza Godfrey Clodumar ( born February 8, 1945 in Boe ) is a nauruischer politician and was President of Nauru Republic of 13 February 1997 to 18 June 1998. He is the founder of the Centre Party ( Nauruan Centre Party ).

He was elected in 1977 for the constituency of Boe in the Nauruan Parliament. He was 1977-1992 several times Minister of Finance and was chief financial advisor under President Bernard Dowiyogo 1992-1995. In the early elections in February 1997 Clodumar could be in the presidential election, in a voice more prevail against Ruben Kun.

1994 preserved Clodumar, then chairman of the Nauru Insurance Corporation, the Australian Australian Football team Fitzroy Lions by a seven-year million deal before the bankruptcy. However, the agreement could not be met because of the increasing money problems in Nauru. The Fitzroy Lions merged it in 1996 with the Brisbane Bears to the Brisbane Lions. Clodumar himself is a fan of the local team Boe Lions, which are named after the former Fitzroy Lions.

As president, he acted with a stern hand for some tasks, especially in terms of global warming, what made ​​him not popular with the Australian government. He was critical of the Australian High Commission in Nauru and published the lot, but the past Cairns document that Nauru looked "at the bottom of the heap ". According Clodumar Nauru diplomatic relations were interrupted with Australia, what he called " a serious breach of protocol " described as. He was very affected by it, that details a confidential discussion he had with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, were published in a Melbourne newspaper.

Under Clodumar Nauru requested the later successful full membership of the Commonwealth and announced his request for UN membership. The motion was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. Clodumar reached two other major diplomatic goals: he could take the state relations with France again and tightened with a several-day visit to Taipei 's diplomatic ties with Taiwan, although four years later Taiwan lost its recognition by Nauru.

As an experienced Nauruans in the background he hid his long leadership Very avarice and showed him only as Nauru in financial crisis.

He has served as President preloaded with the mistakes of the past, the fears of the future and the dissatisfaction during hard times, which was exploited later. He was concerned about the reform plans of the government under Lagumot Harris, but was then forced to similar plans. The government borrowed money and still bedeviled their mortgages, albeit more slowly than in the past. Clodumar introduced the tax liability, but it was, as he predicted, impossible to balance the financial hole in the treasury and he had to delay the restructuring of state actions.

In a no-confidence vote in June 1998 Clodumar subject in Parliament. The former Education Minister Bernard Dowiyogo took office and was thus chosen for the fifth time as president. Clodumar failed at the 2003 presidential elections with only three votes to Ludwig Scotty. He seemed then as finance minister under René Harris, but this was in the back when he switched sides on 22 June 2004 with a renewed confidence vote and voted against Harris. He paving the way for the presidential Ludwig Scotty. His reason for changing sides was that he wanted to avert the threat of Harris dissolution of Parliament. He was re- appointed by Scotty as a sign of recognition of the Treasury.

On September 4, 2004 Clodumar was dismissed as chairman of the Air Nauru by the government. Parliamentarians Fabian Ribauw accused him of embezzlement, because he would act for the company BACF which Nauru had allegedly borrowed $ 23 million as a mediator and thus against the government.

Auweyida / Eigamoiya | Timothy Detudamo | Raymond Gadabu | Hammer DeRoburt

Hammer DeRoburt | Bernard Dowiyogo | Lagumot Harris | Kennan Adeang | Keno Aroi | Ruben Kun | Kinza Clodumar | René Harris | derog Yioura | Ludwig Scotty | Stephen Marcus | Frederick Pitcher | Sprent Dabwido | Baron Waqa

  • President ( Nauru )
  • Finance (Nauru )
  • Member of Parliament (Nauru )
  • Nauruans
  • Born in 1945
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