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Sprent Dabwido

1972 - 2019

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Sprent Arumogo Dabwido (16 September 1972 – 8 May 2019) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru between 2011 and 2013, and was also a weightlifter. The son of a parliamentarian, Dabwido was originally elected to the Meneng Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru at the 2004 elections. Having served as Minister for Telecommunications in Marcus Stephen's government from 2009, Dabwido joined the Nauruan opposition faction in November 2011 after Stephen's resignation, and, having passed a motion of no confidence against interim president Freddie Pitcher, was elected president four days later. In his role as president, Dabwido functioned as chairman of the Cabinet of Nauru, and held various portfolios in the Nauruan government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Sprent Dabwido is the 17,454th most popular politician (down from 17,207th in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Nauru (up from 13th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Nauruan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sprent Dabwido ranks 17,456 out of 19,576. Before him are Nina Rocheva, Timothy Geithner, Patrick Manning, Anastase Murekezi, Susan Rice, Luciana Lamorgese, Yukio Edano, and Chris Dodd. After him are Andriy Biletsky, Siv Jensen, Norbert Röttgen, and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sprent Dabwido ranks 435. Before him are Takanohana Kōji, Oleh Lyashko, Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Erika Marozsán, Masakazu Morita, and Claudia Pechstein. After him are Mukhtar Mai, Sargis Hovsepyan, Vladimir Jurowski, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Rory Cochrane, and Benno Fürmann. Among people deceased in 2019, Sprent Dabwido ranks 537. Before him are Rip Taylor, Susan Bernard, Pablo Larios, Juan José Muñante, John Singleton, and Sergey Dorenko. After him are Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Gert Frank, Lina Cheryazova, Caroll Spinney, Paul Sauvage, and Harald Nickel.

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In Nauru

Among people born in Nauru, Sprent Dabwido ranks 12 out of 16. Before him are David Adeang (1969), Derog Gioura (1932), Lionel Aingimea (1969), Kinza Clodumar (1945), Kenas Aroi (1942), and Lagumot Harris (1938). After him are Marcus Stephen (1969), Ruben Kun (1942), Russ Kun (1975), Freddie Pitcher (1967), Itte Detenamo (1986), and Jonah Harris (1999).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nauru

Among politicians born in Nauru, Sprent Dabwido ranks 12. Before him are David Adeang (1969), Derog Gioura (1932), Lionel Aingimea (1969), Kinza Clodumar (1945), Kenas Aroi (1942), and Lagumot Harris (1938). After him are Marcus Stephen (1969), Ruben Kun (1942), Russ Kun (1975), and Freddie Pitcher (1967).

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