| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Tamaiti Willie Star | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp: | Buada |
| Parliament: | Nauruan |
| Predecessor: | Ruben Kun |
| Successor: | Ruben Kun |
| Term Start: | 1992 |
| Term End: | 1995 |
| Birth Date: | October 1926 |
| Death Date: | 26 June 2007 (aged 80) |
Tamaiti Willie Star (October 192626 June 2007) was a Nauruan diplomat and politician.
Star was born in October 1926.[1] He was a member of the Iruwa tribe.[2]
Star served on the Nauru Phosphate Corporation board of directors, and chairman of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust. Star was posted in Melbourne, Australia as a welfare officer in 1968, shortly after Nauru became an independent country. He later became a representative of Nauru, before becoming the first consul-general in Melbourne from Nauru.[3]
On 29 March 1980, Star was appointed as ambassador to the United States. He was the first to hold this position.[4] He presented his credentials to President Jimmy Carter on 6 June 1980. In January 1981, Star was appointed as acting chief secretary of the Nauruan public service and stopped serving as consul-general to Melbourne.[3] In the 1980s, Star was given an award by the University of the South Pacific.[5] By 1987, Star served as consul-general in Guam.[6] [7] A new U. S. ambassador was appointed by Nauru in 2004.[8]
Star was elected to represent the Buada Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru in the 1992 election.[9] He ran for re-election in 1995, but lost.[10] He again ran unsuccessfully in 1997 and 2000.[11] [12]
Star was a pastor of the Nauru Congregational Church.[13]
Star died on 26 June 2007.[2]