Jason Bingham Agir is a Nauruan politician.
Bingham Agir | |
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.jpg) Agir in 2023 | |
| Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Buada | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Roland Kun |
Career
editOn 12 January 2012, Agir was made a director on the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Board.[1]
Agir unsuccessfully ran in the 2013 parliamentary election.[2] In the 2016 parliamentary election Agir was elected to represent the Buada Constituency.[3] On 20 July, President Baron Waqa appointed Agir as assistant minister for Telecommunications & Media, Sports, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[4] Agir was re-elected in the 2019 election.[5] On 28 August, President Lionel Aingimea appointed Agir as assistant minister for Land Management and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[6] Agir was again re-elected in the 2022 election.[7] On 29 September, President Russ Kun appointed Agir as deputy minister for Land Management, the Eigigu Holding Corporation, and Nauru National Heritage & Museum.[8] On 21 March 2023, President Kun changed Agir's appointments to be deputy minister for Land Management, the Cenpac Corporation, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.[9]
On 30 October 2023, after a no-confidence vote against President Kun, there was a vote for president among the Parliament. Agir nominated Delvin Thoma. After the first secret ballot, MP David Adeang and Thoma were tied at nine votes. In the second vote, Thoma received only eight votes to Adeang's ten, resulting in the election of Adeang as president.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ Grundler, Bernard (13 January 2012). "RECONSTITUTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF NAURU REHABILITATION CORPORATION" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (6): 1.
- ^ "June 2013 Nauru General Parliamentary Elections results". Government of the Republic of Nauru. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Decalaration of Results Buada Constituency" (PDF). Nauru Electoral Commission. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Waqa, Baron Divavesi (20 July 2016). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (137): 2.
- ^ "Decalaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency" (PDF). Nauru Electoral Commission. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Aingimea, Lionel Rouwen (28 August 2019). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (158): 1.
- ^ "Decalaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency" (PDF). Nauru Electoral Commission. 25 September 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Pareti, Kite (29 September 2022). "Nauru cabinet sworn into office". Islands Business. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Kun, Russ Joseph (22 March 2023). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (59): 2.
- ^ "David Adeang elected as new Nauru president". Marianas Variety. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "David Adeang elected as the new President of Nauru". RNZ. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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