"Remeliik" redirects here. For the patrol boat named after him, see PSS Remeliik.
His Excellency
Haruo Remeliik
Taken around 1976
1st President of Palau
In office 2 March 1981 – 30 June 1985
Vice President
Alfonso Oiterong
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Thomas Remengesau Sr. (acting)
Personal details
Born
Haruo Ignacio Remeliik
(1933-06-01)1 June 1933 Peleliu, South Seas Mandate (present day Palau)
Died
30 June 1985(1985-06-30) (aged 52) Koror, Palau
Manner of death
Assassination by gunshots
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Regina Remeliik
Haruo Ignacio Remeliik (1 June 1933 – 30 June 1985) was the first President of Palau from 2 March 1981 until his assassination on 30 June 1985. He is buried at Kloulklubed in his home state of Peleliu. Remeliik was of mixed Japanese and Palauan descent.[1]
^Ron Crocombe (2007). Asia in the Pacific Islands. University of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies. pp. 103, 112. ISBN 978-982-02-0388-4.
Haruo Ignacio Remeliik (1 June 1933 – 30 June 1985) was the first President of Palau from 2 March 1981 until his assassination on 30 June 1985. He is buried...
born 1943), Japanese golfer Haruo Yoshimuta (吉無田 春男, born 1939), Japanese swimmer HaruoRemeliik, First President of Palau Haruo Willter, First Minister of...
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of Palau's first president and first Chief Justice, HaruoRemeliik and Mamoru Nakamura. Remeliik was assassinated in 1985, while Nakamura died of a heart...
PSS Remeliik is a Pacific Forum-class patrol boat, designed and built in Australia, and donated to Palau, to help the nation patrol its exclusive economic...
elections of 1980, but lost to HaruoRemeliik. In 1984, before Remeliik's reelection, Ngiraked declared that Remeliik's government was in despair and called...
Sandra Pierantozzi, former Vice President of the Republic (2001-2004) HaruoRemeliik, first President of the Republic (1981-1985) Lazarus Salii, President...
Term length Four years, renewable once consecutively Inaugural holder HaruoRemeliik Formation 2 March 1981 Deputy Vice President of Palau Salary US$90,000...
representing Koror in the Palau National Congress. When President HaruoRemeliik was assassinated on 30 June 1985, Salii was elected in August to finish...
early 1980s, from to 1981 to October 1985 during the presidencies of HaruoRemeliik and Alfonso Oiterong. Willter run as a candidate for Vice President...
New Delhi India Satwant Singh and Beant Singh (personal bodyguards) HaruoRemeliik President of Palau June 30, 1985 Koror Palau Unknown Olof Palme Prime...
PSS Remeliik II is a Guardian-class patrol boat in the service of Palau's Division of Maritime Law Enforcement, built, and provided by Australia to replace...
the minister of state aka minister of foreign affairs. When President HaruoRemeliik was assassinated, Oiterong returned from New York to Palau on 2 July...
Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. HaruoRemeliik won the election for President with 31.2% of the vote, whilst Alfonso...
– Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994) 1933 – HaruoRemeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985) 1933 – Charles...
and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. Incumbent HaruoRemeliik won the election for President with 50.9% of the vote, whilst Alfonso...
Etpison was the first president that survived his entire presidency. (HaruoRemeliik was murdered and Lazarus Salii committed suicide by shooting, both while...
German conductor June 1 Charlie Wilson, American politician (d. 2010) HaruoRemeliik, 1st president of Palau (d. 1985) June 2 – Sasao Gouland, governor of...
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period of transition, including the violent deaths of two presidents (HaruoRemeliik in 1985 and Lazarus Salii in 1988), Palau's courts ruled that the 68%...
elect a President and Vice-President, following the assassination of HaruoRemeliik on 30 June. Lazarus Salii won the election for President, defeating...
political violence in the 1980s. The republic's first president, Haruo I. Remeliik, was assassinated in 1985; the Minister of State[who?] was found to...
and diplomat Kuniwo Nakamura, former president and foreign minister HaruoRemeliik, former president Peter Sugiyama, former politician Shiro Kyota, former...
Palau was proclaimed in the Palau Islands of Micronesia. March 2 - HaruoRemeliik takes office as the first President of Palau August 18 - Palau Congressional...
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