First Lady of Palau explained

Post:First Lady
Body:Palau
Insignia:Flag of Palau.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Palau
Incumbent:Valerie Whipps
Incumbentsince:21 January 2021
Formation:2 March 1981
Inaugural:Regina Remeliik

First Lady of Palau is the official title attributed to the wife of the president of Palau. The country's current first lady is Valerie Whipps, wife of President Surangel Whipps Jr., who had held the position since 21 January 2021.

First ladies of Palau

NamePortraitTerm BeganTerm EndedPresidentNotes
Regina Namiko Remeliik2 March 198130 June 1985Haruo RemeliikBorn Regina Blaires, she worked a nurse and teacher before becoming the inaugural First Lady of Palau.[1] [2] President Remeliik was assassinated on June 30, 1985.[3]
Ferista Esang Remengesau30 June 19852 July 1985Thomas Remengesau Sr.Served as First Lady during both her husband's short tenures. Esang Remengesau was also the mother of President Tommy Remengesau.[4]
Josepha Oiterong2 July 198525 October 1985Alfonso Oiterong[5] [6]
Christina Salii25 October 198520 August 1988Lazarus SaliiKnown as Tina Salii, she was First Lady from 1985 until President Salii's death in office in 1988.[7] In 2007, Salii was named Dilbuked of Ngerchedok Clan of Ngebuked village in Ngaraard state, the counterpart to the traditional male chiefs.[8] Salii and the late president are the parents of Kathleen M. Salii, the first female Palauan justice of the Supreme Court of Palau.[9]
Ferista Esang Remengesau20 August 19881 January 1989Thomas Remengesau Sr.Ferista Esang Remengesau's second tenure as First Lady of Palau.
Rolmii Rurung Spis Ebilruluked1 January 19891 January 1993Ngiratkel EtpisonEbilruluked and Etpison merried before 1945.[10]
Elong Nakamura1 January 19931 January 2001Kuniwo NakamuraFormer First Lady Elong Ebiledil Nakamura died on November 17, 2018, at the age of 74.[11] [12]
Debbie Remengesau1 January 200115 January 2009Tommy Remengesau Jr.Remengesau's first tenure as first lady.
Valeria Toribiong15 January 200917 January 2013Johnson Toribiong
Debbie Remengesau17 January 201321 January 2021Tommy Remengesau Jr.Second tenure as first lady, beginning in January 2013 and sister-in-law of Valerie Whipps.
Valerie Whipps21 January 2021PresentSurangel Whipps Jr.The Sister of Former President.Tommy Remengesau Jr.

Notes and References

  1. News: Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 (page 167) . The Contemporary Pacific . . 2012 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814192854/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/27088/v24n1-163-170-politicalrev.pdf . 2019-08-14 . live.
  2. News: First Lady of Palau remembered . . Micronesia Network . 2011-01-05 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814194209/http://www.micronesiaforum.org/index.php?p=%2Fdiscussion%2F8364%2Fpalau . 2019-08-14 . live .
  3. News: President Remeliik killed . . 1985-06-30 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623123059/https://comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V6N121985.pdf . 2019-06-23 . live.
  4. News: Gerry. Partido . Former Palau president dies at 89; Guam governor sends condolences . . 2019-08-04 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805121601/https://pacificnewscenter.com/former-palau-president-dies-at-89/ . 2019-08-05 . live.
  5. News: Kuniwo. Nakamura . Presidential Proclamations/Proclamation 06-94.pdf Presidential Proclamation No. 06-94 Regarding Untimely Death of Late Rebes Alfonso R. Oiterong . . 1994-08-31 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170402171223/http://palau.nfshost.com/Executive%20Presidential%20Proclamations/Proclamation%2006-94.pdf . 2017-04-02 . dead.
  6. News: Robert D. . Craig. Who's Who in Oceania . 1980 . 9780939154135. 2019-08-14 .
  7. News: Paul Frederick . Kluge . The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia . . 1993 . 9780824815677 . 2019-08-14 .
  8. News: Nazario . Rodriguez Jr. . Cultural Rites Celebrate Palau Heritage . . Pacific Islands Report . 2007-06-22 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814142040/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2007/06/22/cultural-rites-celebrate-palau-heritage . 2019-08-14 . live.
  9. News: Malou . Sayson . Palau Has First Local Female Justice . . . 2000-08-01 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814142736/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2000/08/02/palau-has-first-local-female-justice . 2019-08-14 . live.
  10. Web site: 2024-11-17 . Brief Life History of Ngiratkel . Family Search.
  11. News: Rhealyn . Pojas . Former First Lady Elong Nakamura Honored . . 2018-12-04 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814145319/http://islandtimes.us/former-first-lady-elong-nakamura-honored/ . 2019-08-14 . live.
  12. News: Tommy . Remengesau Jr. . Presidential Proclamation No. 18-253: First Lady Ebiledil Elong Lucy Ngiratecheboet Nakamura. . Palau Wave Radio . 2018-12-03 . 2019-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814150445/http://palauwaveradio.com/?p=1470 . 2019-08-14 . live.

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