The president of the Republic of Palau is the head of state and head of government of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once in a consecutive manner.
First Philippine Republic (1899–1902) No.Name PortraitTenure startTenure endParty1Emilio AguinaldoJanuary 23, 1899April 19, 1901None - Miguel Malvar April 19, 1901 April 16, 1902 None
German New Guinea / Territory of New Guinea
TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesCommissioner of German New Guinea (1885–1887)1885 to January 1887Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company (1886–1889)10 June 1886 to 1 March 1888Georg von Schleinitz1 March 1888 to 31 October 1889Commissioner of German New Guinea (1889–1892)1 November 1889 to 31 August 1892Acting to 30 September 1890Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company (1892–1898)1 September 1892 to 3 March 18953 March 1895 to 17 August 189622 September 1896 to 13 August 1897Curt von HagenDied in office15 August 1897 to 11 September 1897Albert HahlFirst time, acting11 September 1897 to 16 October 1898Hugo SkopnikActing Vgl. Michael Fröhlich: Imperialismus – Deutsche Kolonial- und Weltpolitik 1880–1914. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag dtv, München 1994, S. 211.In 1899, following the German–Spanish Treaty, the German Empire assumed direct control of the colony from the German New Guinea Company, appointing a governor.Governors of German New Guinea (1899–1914)1 April 1899 to 10 July 1901Rudolf von Bennigsen10 July 1901 to 13 April 1914Albert HahlSecond time, acting to 10 November 190213 April 1914 to 17 October 1914Eduard HaberActingIn 1914, as part of the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, an expeditionary force from Australia called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) captured and occupied the territory following the Battle of Bita Paka and the Siege of Toma. In 1920, the territory was turned into a League of Nations mandate, administered by Australia, and formalized with the passage of the New Guinea Act 1920.Military Administrators of the Territory of New Guinea (1914–1921)11 November 1914 to 8 January 1915Colonel William HolmesKilled in the Battle of Messines (1917)8 January 1915 to 21 October 1917Colonel Samuel Pethebridge21 October 1917 to 21 April 1918Seaforth Simpson MackenzieActing21 April 1918 to 1 May 1920George Johnston1 May 1920 to 21 March 1921Thomas GriffithsFirst timeAdministrators of the Territory of New Guinea (1921–1942)21 May 1921 to 13 June 1933Evan Wisdom13 June 1933 to 12 September 1934Thomas GriffithsSecond time, acting12 September 1934 to December 1942Walter McNicollFrom 14 December 1937, Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll; in Australia from 24 January 194224 January 1942 to 12 February 1942Kenneth Carlyle McMullenActing for McNicollJapanese Commanders of occupied New Guinea (1942–1945)21 January 1942 to 1942Tomitarō Horii9 November 1942 to 13 September 1945Hatazō AdachiCommander of the 18th Army9 November 1942 to 6 September 1945Hitoshi ImamuraCommander of the 8th Area Army, based at Rabaul, in charge of New Guinea islandsU.S. Military Commanders (1943–1944)June 1943 to September 1944Walter KruegerCommander of the 6th ArmySeptember 1944 to December 1944Robert L. EichelbergerCommander of the 8th ArmyHeads of the New Guinea Administrative Unit (1942)14 February 1942 to 15 February 1942George Wilfred Lambert TownsendBased in Port Moresby15 February 1942 to 10 April 1942Kenneth Carlyle McMullenBased in Port Moresby
In 1945, the Territory of New Guinea was merged with the Territory of Papua to form the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. The merger was formalized with the passage of the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949.
List of officeholders The following is a list of the governors the South Seas Mandate, as well as their predecessors during the Japanese occupation of the territory between 1914 and 1922.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.)
Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Matsumura Tatsuo 28 December 1914 6 August 1915 2 Tōgō Kichitarō 6 August 1915 1 December 1916 3 Yoshida Masujirō 1 December 1916 1 December 1917 year 4 Nagata Yasujirō 1 December 1917 1 December 1919 years 5 Kojūrō Nozaki 1 December 1919 1 April 1922 6 Toshiro Tezuka 1 July 1918 1 April 1922 (6) Toshiro Tezuka 1 April 1922 4 April 1923 7 Gosuke Yokota 4 April 1923 11 October 1931 † – 12 October 1931 21 November 1931 8 21 November 1931 5 February 1932 9 Baron Masayuki Matsuda 5 February 1932 4 August 1933 10 Hisao Hayashi 4 August 1933 19 September 1936 11 Kenjiro Kitajima 19 September 1936 9 April 1940 12 Shunsuke Kondo 9 April 1940 5 November 1943 13 Boshirō Hosogaya 5 November 1943 2 September 1945
List of officeholders The following is a list of the high commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as well as their predecessors during the American occupation of the territory between 1944 and 1947.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office control Military Governor 1 John H. Hoover March 1944 19 June 1944 Military Governor and CINCPACFLT 2 Chester W. Nimitz 19 June 1944 24 November 1945 3 Raymond A. Spruance 24 November 1945 3 February 1946 4 John H. Towers 3 February 1946 28 February 1947 5 Louis E. Denfeld 28 February 1947 18 July 1947 High Commissioner and CINCPACFLT 1 Louis E. Denfeld 18 July 1947 17 April 1948 2 DeWitt Clinton Ramsey 17 April 1948 1 May 1949 3 Arthur W. Radford 1 May 1949 6 January 1951 High Commissioner 4 Elbert D. Thomas 6 January 1951 11 February 1953 † 5 Frank E. Midkiff 13 March 1953 1 September 1954 –Delmas H. Nucker1 September 1954November 1956 6 November 1956 1 May 1961 7 Maurice W. Goding 1 May 1961 27 May 1966 –William R. Norwood27 May 19661 August 1966 8 1 August 1966 1 May 1969 9 Edward E. Johnston 1 May 1969 1 July 1976 – Peter Tali Coleman 1 July 1976 February 1977 – James Boyd Mackenzie February 1977 9 July 1977 10 Adrian P. Winkel 9 July 1977 1981 years – Daniel Joseph High 1981 December 1981 years 11 Janet J. McCoy December 1981 10 July 1987 Director of the Office of Transition 12 Charles D. Jordan 3 November 1986 30 September 1991
List of officeholders Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office —Ngirngetpak Tosiwo Nakamura19802 March 19802 March 1981Independent 1Haruo Remeliik198019842 March 198130 June 1985Independent — Thomas Remengesau Sr. — 30 June 1985The National Union newspaper 2 July 1985 Independent Alfonso Oiterong — 2 July 1985 25 October 1985 Independent 3 Lazarus Salii 1985 25 October 1985 20 August 1988 Independent 4 Thomas Remengesau Sr. — 20 August 1988 1 January 1989 Independent 5 Ngiratkel Etpison 1988 1 January 1989 1 January 1993 years Independent 6Kuniwo Nakamura199219961 January 19931 January 2001 yearsIndependent 7Thomas Remengesau Jr.200020041 January 200115 January 2009Independent 8 Johnson Toribiong 2008 15 January 2009 17 January 2013 Independent 9Thomas Remengesau Jr.2012201617 January 201321 January 2021Independent 10 Surangel S. Whipps Jr. 20202024 21 January 2021 Incumbent Independent
Latest election
See also First Lady of Palau Vice President of Palau High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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