Bingham Agir Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Bingham Agir
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp:Buada
Parliament:Nauruan
Predecessor:Roland Kun
Term Start:2016

Jason Bingham Agir is a Nauruan politician.

Career

On 12 January 2012, Agir was made a director on the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Board.[1]

Agir unsuccessfully ran in the 2013 parliamentary election.[2] In the 2016 parliamentary election Agir was elected to represent the Buada Constituency.[3] On 20 July, President Baron Waqa appointed Agir as assistant minister for Telecommunications & Media, Sports, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[4] Agir was re-elected in the 2019 election.[5] On 28 August, President Lionel Aingimea appointed Agir as assistant minister for Land Management and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[6] Agir was again re-elected in the 2022 election.[7] On 29 September, President Russ Kun appointed Agir as deputy minister for Land Management, the Eigigu Holding Corporation, and Nauru National Heritage & Museum.[8] On 21 March 2023, President Kun changed Agir's appointments to be deputy minister for Land Management, the Cenpac Corporation, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[9]

On 30 October 2023, after a no-confidence vote against President Kun, there was a vote for president among the Parliament. Agir nominated Delvin Thoma. After the first secret ballot, MP David Adeang and Thoma were tied at nine votes. In the second vote, Thoma received only eight votes to Adeang's ten, resulting in the election of Adeang as president.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Grundler. Bernard. 13 January 2012. RECONSTITUTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF NAURU REHABILITATION CORPORATION. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 6. 1.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130813011510/http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/june-2013-nauru-general-parliamentary-elections-watch-this-space-for-results-and-updates-on-the-election-polling-opens-saturday-8-june-2013,-11am-%E2%80%93-6pm.aspx. June 2013 Nauru General Parliamentary Elections results. Government of the Republic of Nauru. 13 August 2013. 19 May 2023.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160909090428/http://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Buada.pdf. Decalaration of Results Buada Constituency. Nauru Electoral Commission. 9 September 2016. 2016. 19 May 2023.
  4. Waqa. Baron Divavesi. 20 July 2016. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 137. 2.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190827103245/https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Buada.pdf. Decalaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency. Nauru Electoral Commission. 27 August 2019. 25 August 2019. 19 May 2023.
  6. Aingimea. Lionel Rouwen. 28 August 2019. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 158. 1.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20220928073405/https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Buada-2022-Results.pdf. Decalaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency. Nauru Electoral Commission. 28 September 2022. 25 September 2022. 19 May 2023.
  8. News: Pareti. Kite. Nauru cabinet sworn into office. Islands Business. 29 September 2022. 19 May 2023.
  9. Kun. Russ Joseph. 22 March 2023. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 59. 2.
  10. News: David Adeang elected as new Nauru president. Marianas Variety. 30 October 2023. 30 October 2023.
  11. Web site: 2023-10-30 . David Adeang elected as the new President of Nauru . 2023-10-30 . RNZ . en-nz.

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