Members of the Parliament of Nauru Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru, Marcus Stephen, David Adeang, Ludwig Scotty, Kieren Keke, René Harris, Kennan Adeang, Bernard Dowiyogo, Aloysius Amwano, Hammer DeRoburt, Derog Gioura, Lagumot Harris, Kinza Clodumar, Riddell Akua - new book

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru, Marcus Stephen, David Adeang, Ludwig Scotty, Kieren Keke, René Harris, Kennan Adeang, Bernard Dowiyogo, Aloysius Amwano, Hammer DeRoburt, Derog Gioura, Lagumot Harris, Kinza Clodumar, Riddell Akua, Milton Dube, Frederick Pitcher, Godfrey Thoma, Ruben Kun, Russell Kun, Baron Waqa, Kenas Aroi, Vassal Gadoengin, Roland Kun, Dantes Tsitsi, Valdon Dowiyogo, Lawrence Stephen, Rykers Solomon, Landon Deireragea, Fabian Ribauw, Dominic Tabuna, Terangi Adam, Sprent Dabwido, Mathew Batsiua, Itubwa Amram, Shadlog Bernicke, David Agir, Cyril Buraman, Mathew Batsuia. Excerpt: Marcus Stephen (born 1 October 1969) is the current President of the Republic of Nauru, having taken office in December 2007. In addition to the presidency, he holds the offices of Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust, Minister for Police, Prisons, & Emergency Services, and Minister for Public Service. He is also a former top-class weightlifter, winner of seven gold medals and five silver at the Commonwealth Games, and the current president of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation and of the Nauru National Olympic Committee. Marcus Stephen's father, Lawrence Stephen, served as a Member of the Parliament of Nauru from 1971 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1986. He is related to the prominent Keke family of Nauru. He initially played Australian rules football for the local team the Aces, but opted to pursue the sport of weightlifting. In 1989 the Nauru Weightlifting Federation (NWF) was founded, primarily to give Stephen, the sole top-class weightlifter in Nauru at the time, the opportunity to compete internationally. In 1992 he took part in his first Olympic Games in Barcelona. Since Nauru had no Olympic Committee at the time, he successfully applied for Samoan citizenship and was allowed to compete for Samoa. In 1993 the committee was founded and Stephen was able to represent Nauru in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. When the Olympic torch was carried to Sydney, Stephen had the honour of being a torch bearer during its stopover in Nauru. It was at the Commonwealth Games where most of his successes came: In the 1990 Commonwealth Games he surprisingly won a gold medal in the Snatch in the 60 kg class. In the 1994 Commonwealth Games he won three gold medals in the 59 kg class and in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 62 kg class he collected three more golds. In his last Games, the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he won three silvers in the 62 kg class. His greatest triumph came at the