Bernard Dowiyogo

Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo (born February 14, 1946 in Ubenide , † March 9, 2003 in Washington, DC ) was a Nauruan politician . He does not come from Nauruern; his father was a Japanese war officer, his mother came from Kiribati . He is the father of Valdon and Jesaulenko Dowiyogo . Since he was born in Nauru, he received the Nauruan citizenship. After completing his basic training in Nauru, he trained as a lawyer in Australia . But as such he did not work long; he soon turned to politics.

He was elected to the 18-member Nauruan parliament in 1973. He had his first tenure as president from 1976 to 1978 after ousting Hammer DeRoburt . During the 1980s he sharply criticized France and the United States' nuclear tests in the Pacific region .

He only became president again in 1989 when Kenos Aroi resigned. He was confirmed in the 1992 presidential election when he defeated his challenger Buraro Detudamo by ten votes to seven . In the next elections in 1995, however, there was a loss to Lagumot Harris . Eleven months later he was able to oust it again, but only 15 days after the election by Kennan Adeang he was deposed again. In 1998 he was able to regain the presidency after a vote of no confidence in Kinza Clodumar , but then lost it again in 1999 to René Harris . In 2000 and 2003 Dowiyogo was able to obtain the presidency three times until he died in office in March 2003.

He died at the University Medical Center in Washington, DC of heart failure caused by diabetes , a common disease in Nauru.