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Gloria Salii | |
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Bilung of Koror | |
Reign | 1975 – present |
Born | 1950 or 1951 (age 73–74) [1] |
Spouse | Michael Littler |
Issue | James Lebuu Littler |
Gloria Salii (born 1950 or 1951) is the bilung of Koror which is the female counterpart of ibedul and highest ranking female chief title in Palau. [1] [2]
She became the bilung in 1975. [3] After the death of her older brother High Chief ( ibedul) of Koror Yutaka Gibbons, there was a succession dispute between Salii, on behalf of her son James Lebuu Littler, and her brother Alexander Merep. [4]
Her family are of English, Chinese and royal Palauan descent. [1] She is married to Michael Littler, an administrator in the Palauan educational system and their son was born in 1978. [1] She is the brother of the former ibedul of Koror Yutaka Gibbons, Governor of Koror John C. Gibbons and the current ibedul Alexander Merep. [4]
The title BILUNG, which she assumed in 1975 and still holds at present,