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The Nauru Local Government Council was a legislative body in Nauru. It was first established in 1951, when Nauru was a United Nations trust territory , as a successor to the Council of Chiefs . It continued to exist until 1992, when it was dissolved in favor of the Nauru Island Council.
From 1992 to 1999, Nauru had a local government system known as the Nauru Island Council (NIC). [86] It was a successor to the Nauru Local Government Council, established in 1951. [87] This nine-member council was designed to provide municipal services.
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 ...
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 ...
Australia had administered the former Germany colony of Nauru since its capture in 1914, with the except of the period of Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1947, Nauru was placed under United Nations trusteeship with Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as trustees and Australia designated as the "administering authority".
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 ...
Nauru Local Government Council; Nauru Police Force; Nauru Television This page was last edited on 9 September 2020, at 04:25 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Nauru – sovereign island nation located in the Micronesian South Pacific. [1] Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati , 300 kilometres (190 mi) due east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi), the smallest independent republic , and the only republican state in the ...