Ruler · 1947 – 2008

René Harris

Lived 1947 – 2008; politician. President of Nauru (Nauru), 1999 – 2000 and 1 more term.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1947 – 2008; 61 years
In office: 3 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Nauru
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Nauru

Nauru · the 14th and 16th of 26 dated reigns · 1968 – 2023

10 before

Ruben Kun1996 – 1997

Kinza Clodumar1997 – 1998

Bernard Dowiyogo1998 – 1999

René Harris1999 – 2000

Bernard Dowiyogo2000 – 2001

René Harris2001 – 2003

Bernard Dowiyogo2003

Derog Gioura2003

Ludwig Scotty2004 – 2007

7 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1999 – 2000 · 1 year · came to it aged 52 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2000; they died in 2008

Reigned 2001 – 2003 · 2 years · came to it aged 54 · term 2 of 2

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

On 22 June 2004, due to a political defection, he was ousted as president, and Ludwig Scotty succeeded him.

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