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Kennan Adeang
President of Nauru
In office September 17 – October 1, 1986
Preceded by	Hammer DeRoburt
Succeeded by	Hammer DeRoburt
In office December – December 1986
Preceded by	Hammer DeRoburt
Succeeded by	Hammer DeRoburt
In office November 26 – December 19, 1996
Preceded by	Bernard Dowiyogo
Succeeded by	Ruben Kun
Born	1942
Political party	Democratic Party of Nauru

HE Kennan Ranibok Adeang (b. December 23, 1942^{[citation needed]}) is a Nauruan political figure and was President of the Republic of Nauru during a number of short periods of office in the 1980s.

Contents 1 Family 2 President of Nauru (1st & 2nd terms) 3 President of Nauru (3rd term) 4 Political alignment 5 See also

[edit] Family

His son, David Adeang, has served as Foreign Minister of Nauru and served briefly as Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru in March - April 2008, having previously maintained a sometimes chequered association with the Nauru First Party, which, however, had yet to be founded during Kennan Adeang's periods of Presidential office.

[edit] President of Nauru (1st & 2nd terms)

Kennan Adeang served twice as President of Nauru in 1986: in September-October of that year and again briefly in December. It may be noted that Nauru's parliamentary system makes it easy for a head of state's term of office to be frequently brought to an end; this may partly account for the termination of Adeang's first two short periods of Presidential office.

[edit] President of Nauru (3rd term)

Kennan Adeang assumed the Presidency of Nauru again in November-December 1996, before relinquishing the office once again.

[edit] Political alignment

The Honourable  Kennan Adeang MP
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Ubenide
In office January 25, 1971 – June 18, 1971
Preceded by	Derog Gioura
Succeeded by	Derog Gioura
In office December 17, 1973 – December 18, 1976
Preceded by	Derog Gioura
Succeeded by	Derog Gioura
In office May 16, 1977 – September 14, 1978
Preceded by	Derog Gioura
Succeeded by	Derog Gioura
In office December 8, 1980 – July 25, 1988
Preceded by	Lagumot Harris
Succeeded by	himself
In office September 3, 1988 – April 8, 2000
Preceded by	himself
Succeeded by	Joseph Hiram
Born	23 December 1942 (1942-12-23) (age 67) Nauru
Nationality	Nauruan
Political party	Democratic Party of Nauru
Children	David Adeang
Religion	Christian

In Adeang's periods of political office he was regarded as an opponent of veteran Nauruan politician Hammer DeRoburt.

While in Opposition following his second period of Presidential office, Adeang founded and led the Democratic Party of Nauru, which was seem as a focal point for legislators and their supporters who wanted to maintain independence from the influence of DeRoburt.

Adeang was first elected to parliament in 1971, ousting Derog Gioura, but was forced to resign a few months later; Gioura took his seat in the parliament. Adeang was re-elected in 1973 instead of Gioura to serve a second term, but lost his seat again to Gioura in the 1976 elections. In the 1977 snap elections Adeang was re-elected, but had to resign once again to leave Gioura the seat. In 1980 both Adeang and Gioura were elected to parliament and they both served long-time terms from then on. Adeang had to resign again in 1987 for two months, but was re-elected in the following by-election.

[edit] See also

List of political parties in Nauru

Preceded by Hammer DeRoburt	President of Nauru 17 September 1986–1 October 1986	Succeeded by Hammer DeRoburt
Preceded by Hammer DeRoburt	President of Nauru December 1986	Succeeded by Hammer DeRoburt
Preceded by Bernard Dowiyogo	President of Nauru 26 November 1996–19 December 1996	Succeeded by Ruben Kun

v • d • e Presidents of Nauru DeRoburt · Dowiyogo · L. Harris · DeRoburt · Adeang · DeRoburt · Adeang · DeRoburt · Aroi · Dowiyogo · L. Harris · Dowiyogo · Adeang · Kun · Clodumar · Dowiyogo · R. Harris · Dowiyogo · R. Harris · Dowiyogo · R. Harris · Dowiyogo · Gioura · Scotty · R. Harris · Scotty · Stephen