Sprent Dabwido

president of Nauru (1972-2019)

Sprent Dabwido is described in the public record as president of Nauru (1972-2019). Born in Yaren District, Nauru, in 1972. Died in 2019.

Sprent Arumogo Dabwido (16 September 1972 – 8 May 2019) was a Nauruan politician and weightlifter who served as President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013. 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. == Weightlifting career == Prior to entering politics, Dabwido was a weightlifter. He was the national champion of Nauru in weightlifting in 1995 and 1996.

Sprent Dabwido is recorded among the figures by whom fencing is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.

Fencing is decided by electrically scored touches at a speed the eye cannot reliably follow, and its three weapons have separate rules and traditions.

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