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Between the Local Government Council's dissolution and the Nauru Island Council's creation, there was an interim Nauru Council, which consisted of the cabinet of Nauru and was led by the president. The Nauru Island Council had less power than the Local Government Council, playing more of an advisory role to the national government. [3]
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An elected member of the Nauru Island Council cannot simultaneously be a member of parliament. Land tenure in Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups; government and corporate entities do not own land and must enter into a lease arrangement with the landowners ...
A satellite image of Nauru, 2002. In 1964, it was proposed to relocate the population of Nauru to Curtis Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. By that time, Nauru had been extensively mined for phosphate by companies from Australia, Britain, and New Zealand, damaging the landscape so much that it was thought the island would be ...
The Council of Chiefs has its early origin after the Nauruan Civil War and subsequent German annexation in 1888. Nauru District Officer Fritz Jung maintained an informal Council of Chiefs as a way of consulting with the Nauruan people. [1] During Nauru's time as a German protectorate, the traditional Nauruan tribal social structure was largely ...
The island was previously a United Nations Trust Territory administered by Australia. The Australian government's Nauru Act 1965 created the Legislative Council for the Territory of Nauru , consisting of 15 members – nine elected members, one ex officio member (the Administrator of Nauru ), and five "official members" nominated by the ...
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The Head Chief of Nauru was a position held by at least 5 people between c. 1875–1942 and again between 1946–1968. At one time, the position was hereditary, but by 1921, chiefs were elected to the Council of Chiefs by the adult population of Nauru, and the head chief, along with a deputy head chief, was elected by the council from among its members.