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Hammer DeRoburt, MP, KBE (September 25, 1922 - July 15, 1992) was the founding president of Nauru and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence.

A survivor of the wartime Japanese deportation of all Nauruans to Truk (1942-1946), he was elected to the Local Government Council of Nauru in the 1950s; then elected head chief (1955), he was the chief negotiator on phosphate royalties with the colonial power, Australia, which administered the island as a United Nations trust.

DeRoburt led the country to independence on January 31, 1968, and was president for most of the period until August 17, 1989. In December 1976 younger politicians gained a majority and installed Bernard Dowiyogo as president, but DeRoburt returned to power in May 1978. He was also out of office for two short periods in September and December 1986.

He was given an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1982.

DeRoburt is credited with introducing Australian rules football to Nauru, which became the national sport.

He died in Melbourne in 1992.

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Independence of Nauru
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Bernard Dowiyogo
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Lagumot Harris		President of Nauru
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Kennan Adeang
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Kennan Adeang		President of Nauru
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Kennan Adeang
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Kennan Adeang		President of Nauru
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Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo (February 14, 1946–March 9, 2003) was a politician from Nauru. He first became an elected member of Nauru's 18-seat parliament in 1973. He served his first term as President from 1976 to 1978 after ousting Hammer DeRoburt.
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Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo (February 14, 1946–March 9, 2003) was a politician from Nauru. He first became an elected member of Nauru's 18-seat parliament in 1973. He served his first term as President from 1976 to 1978 after ousting Hammer DeRoburt.
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Lagumot Harris, (1938? - September 8, 1999), was a Nauruan politician, and President of the tiny island nation of Nauru for nearly a month, from April 19, to May 15, 1978. He was elected again, for a longer period of time, as President, between November 22, 1995, and November 11,
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