Post: | Vice President |
Body: | the Republic of Palau |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Incumbent: | Uduch Sengebau Senior |
Incumbentsince: | 21 January 2021 |
Termlength: | Four years, renewable once |
Formation: | 2 March 1981 |
Inaugural: | Alfonso Oiterong |
Salary: | US$65,000 annually since 2010[1] |
Website: | http://palaugov.pw/ |
Vice President of Palau is the second-highest position in the executive branch of the government of Palau, after the president.
The vice president is elected in popular elections separate from presidential elections. When the president has been sworn in, the vice president will serve as a member of the cabinet and may have other responsibilities assigned by the president.[2] The salary of the vice president has been US$65,000 annually since 2010[3]
Portrait | Name[4] | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Alfonso Oiterong | 1980 1984 | 2 March 1981 | 30 June 1985 | Independent | |||
2 | Thomas Remengesau Sr. | 1985 | 25 October 1985 | 20 August 1988 | Independent | |||
3 | Kuniwo Nakamura | 1988 | 1 January 1989 | 1 January 1993 | years | Independent | ||
4 | Thomas Remengesau Jr. | 1992 1996 | 1 January 1993 | 19 January 2001 | Independent | |||
5 | Sandra Pierantozzi | 2000 | 19 January 2001 | 1 January 2005 | Independent | |||
6 | Elias Camsek Chin | 2004 | 1 January 2005 | 15 January 2009 | Independent | |||
7 | Kerai Mariur | 2008 | 15 January 2009 | 17 January 2013 | Independent | |||
8 | Antonio Bells | 2012 | 17 January 2013 | 19 January 2017 | Independent | |||
9 | Raynold Oilouch | 2016 | 19 January 2017[5] | 21 January 2021 | Independent | |||
Uduch Sengebau Senior | 2020 | 21 January 2021 | Incumbent |