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Nauruan politician
Joseph Laben Hiram (born 10 March 1943) is a retired Nauruan public servant and politician.
Biography
Hiram was born on 10 March 1943. He studied at
Gordon Institute in
Geelong ,
Victoria in Australia. When Nauru gained independence in 1968, Hiram lived in
Melbourne and was working for the
British Phosphate Commissioners as a junior mechanical engineer. After the country's founding, he helped to establish the Melbourne office of the
Nauru Phosphate Corporation .
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Hiram worked for the Nauruan government for 40 years. At some point, Hiram had served as a mechanical engineer for RONPhos and as Nauru's director of civil aviation.
[1] By 2002, Hiram was general manager of the Nauru Phosphate Corporation.
[2] By 2008, Hiram had retired from work.
[1]
Hiram has unsuccessfully ran to represent the
Ubenide Constituency in the
Parliament of Nauru several times. He ran in the following years:
1976 ,
1977 ,
1980 ,
1987 , and 1994 (by-election).
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[7] Hiram was successfully elected in the
2000 election .
[8] On 8 December 2001, another election was held in the Ubenide Constituency, in which Hiram was unseated by
David Adeang .
[9] Hiram continued to run for the Ubenide seat in the elections in
2003 and
2004 .
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[11] He ran for the
Meneng Constituency in
2007 and
2008 .
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[13] Hiram ran for the Ubenide seat again in
April 2010 .
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References
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"WWII survivor tells his story" (PDF) . Nauru Bulletin (1): 1–2. 7 February 2023. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023.
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The Europa World Year Book 2002, Volume 2, Part 2 . Google Books. 2002. p. 2881.
^ Gillet, S. (20 December 1976).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (65): 3.
^ Jones, Peter Lionel (14 November 1977).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (81): 3–4.
^ Star, T. W. (8 December 1980).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (78): 5–6.
^ Mani, V. S. (26 January 1987).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (9): 8.
^ Emu, Kelly D (11 July 1994).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (41): 1–4.
^ Batsiua, Mathew (8 April 2000).
"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2000" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (26): 5.
^ Batsiua, Mathew (10 December 2001).
"ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1992" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (75): 1–2.
^ Star, Tamaiti Willie (5 May 2003).
"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2003" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (35): 2.
^ Solomon, Camilla (23 October 2004).
"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2004" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (87): 7.
^ Solomon, Camilla (26 August 2007).
"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2007" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (87): 7.
^ Solomon, Camilla (26 April 2008).
"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2008" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (46): 8.
^ Cain, Michael B. (24 April 2010).
"CONSTITUENCY OF DENIGOMODU, NIBOK, UABOE, BAITSI (UBENIDE)" (PDF) . Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (48): 7.