Hammer DeRoburt

President of Nauru (1922-1992)

Hammer DeRoburt GCMG OBE (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was the first President of the Republic of Nauru. He was in power of the country for most of its first twenty years of independence.[1]


Hammer DeRoburt

Hammer DeRoburt, 1968
1st President of Nauru
In office
31 January 1968 – 22 December 1976
DeputyBuraro Detudamo
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byBernard Dowiyogo
In office
15 May 1978 – 17 September 1986
DeputyBuraro Detudamo
Preceded byLagumot Harris
Succeeded byKennan Adeang
In office
1 October 1986 – 12 December 1986
DeputyBuraro Detudamo
Preceded byKennan Adeang
Succeeded byKennan Adeang
In office
22 December 1986 – 17 August 1989
DeputyBuraro Detudamo
Preceded byKennan Adeang
Succeeded byKenos Aroi
Member of the Nauruan Parliament
for Boe
In office
31 January 1968 – 15 July 1992
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byMichael Aroi
Personal details
Born25 September 1922
Nauru
Died15 July 1992 (aged 69)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

DeRoburt died on 15 July 1992 in Melbourne, Australia from diabetes, aged 69.

References change

  1. Nancy Viviani (1970) Nauru: Phosphate and Political Progress Australian National University Press, p. 107