Lazarus Salii

Lazarus Eitaro Salii (17 November 1936 – 20 August 1988) was a politician from Palau. He served as the second elected[1] President of Palau from 25 October 1985 until he committed suicide on 20 August 1988, amid bribery allegations.[2]

Lazarus Eitaro Salii
3rd President of Palau
In office
25 October 1985 – 20 August 1988
Vice PresidentThomas Remengesau Sr.
Preceded byAlfonso Oiterong
Succeeded byThomas Remengesau Sr.
Personal details
Born(1936-11-17)17 November 1936
Angaur, South Seas Mandate (present day Palau)
Died20 August 1988(1988-08-20) (aged 51)
Koror, Palau
Political partyTa Belau[1]
Spouse(s)Tina Salii

Salii was elected to the Senate of Micronesian Congress.[3] He was involved in the Palau Constitutional Convention of 1978. After the Constitution took effect in 1981, he became an ambassador until 1984, when he became a senator, representing Koror in the Palau National Congress.

When President Haruo Remeliik was assassinated on 30 June 1985, Salii was elected in August to finish his term of office (although Thomas Remengesau and then Alfonso Oiterong served in the interim). Following his suicide by gunshot in 1988, he was succeeded by Vice President Remengesau as president for the remainder of his term, followed by Ngiratkel Etpison as the fifth president.[4]

References
  1. "Embattled Island", Arnold H. Leibowitz. 1996
  2. "Second President of Palau Is Found Shot to Death," New York Times, 21 August 1988
  3. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0019/4520735.pdf
  4. "Index Sa". rulers.org. Retrieved Aug 3, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Alfonso Oiterong		 President of Palau
1985–1988		 Succeeded by
Thomas Remengesau Sr.
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