Kuniwo Nakamura was a Palauan politician who served as the president of Palau from 1993 to 2001.
11 Facts About Kuniwo Nakamura
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Kuniwo Nakamura had earlier served as vice president of Palau from 1989 to 1993, under Ngiratkel Etpison.
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Kuniwo Nakamura was studying in his second year of primary school when the surrender of Japan ended World War II.
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Kuniwo Nakamura graduated from high school under the US occupation of Palau and went on to study at the University of Hawaii.
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Kuniwo Nakamura was married to his wife Elong Kuniwo Nakamura for over 50 years.
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Kuniwo Nakamura began his political career at the age of 28, becoming the youngest person to be elected to the Congress of Micronesia.
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Kuniwo Nakamura was elected to the Senate of Palau in 1980.
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Kuniwo Nakamura served as Vice-President from January 1989 to January 1993.
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Kuniwo Nakamura held the additional role of Minister of Administration from 1989 to 1992, when President Ngiratkel Etpison appointed other members of the cabinet.
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At that time Kuniwo Nakamura was appointed to the additional role of Minister of Justice.
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Kuniwo Nakamura was first elected president in the 1992 elections; he attracted 3,125 votes, versus 2,084 for one-term incumbent Ngiratkel Etpison and 3,188 for rival Johnson Toribiong, and then went on to defeat Toribiong in the runoff.