David Adeang

The Honourable David Adeang MP
David Adeang (2012)
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Ubenide
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 December 2001
Preceded by	Joseph Hiram
Personal details
Born	(1969-11-24) 24 November 1969 (age 47) Nauru
Nationality	Nauruan
Political party	Naoero Amo
Relations	Kennan Adeang (father)
Occupation	Public servant
Religion	Anglicanism

David Waiau Adeang (born 24 November 1969) is a Nauruan politician, a former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister for Finance and Justice, in addition he is the Minister Assisting the President. He is a founding member of the Naoero Amo (Nauru First Party), currently the only successful political party on the island.

David Adeang's father is Kennan Adeang, who served three times as President of Nauru. David Adeang began his political career as a lawyer. After all Ubenide seats had been vacated on 6 November 2001, Adeang won a seat in the following by-election, ousting Joseph Hiram while the other three previous MPs regained their seats. In the parliamentary elections of May 2003, amidst political and economic turmoil, the Naoero Amo won 3 of the 18 seats, and Adeang was one of the elected members. The Naoero Amo entered a coalition with Ludwig Scotty and his supporters. Scotty became President and Adeang became Finance Minister. He was only finance minister for three months however, as in August 2003 Scotty's government fell, and Kinza Clodumar became finance minister.

In April 2004, Adeang was charged with sedition along with Kieren Keke and Fabian Ribauw after a protest at Nauru's airport. In June 2004 Clodumar and the Naoero Amo united to re-elect Scotty as President. Clodumar remained finance minister, while Adeang became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice. Also, the charges against Adeang and the others were dropped. His appointment as foreign minister is interesting because he was the first foreign minister not to be the President of Nauru. That post had been given to the President since Nauru gained independence in 1968. Adeang was easily re-elected to Parliament from the Ubenide constituency in the October 2004 elections. Later that month, he left the position of justice minister, became finance minister, and retained the position of foreign minister.