Sprent Dabwido
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The Honourable Sprent Dabwido MP |
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| President of Nauru | |
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In office 15 November 2011 – 11 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Freddie Pitcher |
| Succeeded by | Baron Waqa |
| Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Meneng |
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Assumed office 23 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Nimrod Botelanga |
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Sprent Arumogo Dabwido 16 September 1972 Nauru |
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Nauru First (nominally Independent) |
Sprent Arumogo Dabwido (born 16 September 1972) is a Nauruan politician who formerly served as the President of Nauru. The son of a former parliamentarian, Dabwido was originally elected to the Meneng Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru at the 2004 elections. Having served as Minister for Telecommunications in Marcus Stephen's government from 2009, Dabwido joined the Nauruan opposition faction in November 2011 after Stephen's resignation, and, having passed a motion of no confidence against interim president Freddie Pitcher, was elected president four days later. In his role as president, Dabwido functioned as chairman of the Cabinet of Nauru, and held various portfolios in the Nauruan government.
The second son of former parliamentarian Audi Dabwido, Dabwido worked in public insurance before entering politics. He was a founding member of the Naoero Amo party, and was elected to the Parliament of Nauru at the 2004 elections, defeating Nimrod Botelanga to win the seat of Meneng. Re-elected at the 2007 and 2008 elections, he became a member of the parliamentary faction supporting President Marcus Stephen, and was made Minister for Telecommunications in Stephen's government in 2009 where he presided over the introduction of mobile phones to Nauru. Again re-elected at the 2010 elections, Dabwido joined the opposition faction in November 2011 after Stephen resigned as president, and was replaced by Freddie Pitcher.
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