Английская Википедия:2019 in Nauru

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Events in the year 2019 in Nauru.

Incumbents

• President
  • Baron Waqa (until 27 August)
  • Lionel Aingimea (after 27 August)
• Speaker of Parliament
  • Cyril Buraman (until 27 August)
  • Marcus Stephen (after 27 August)

Events

• 8 January – President Waqa becomes the first world leader to visit Taiwan in 2019, and leaders of both countries promise to strengthen relations.
• 3 February – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that the last four child refugees have left the Australian offshore refugee detention centres, leaving for resettlement in the United States.
• 24 March – The Parliament of Nauru, during a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, passes a resolution rejecting the One China principle.
• 16 May – Nauru becomes a member state of the World Meteorological Organization.
• 30 May – Ludwig Scotty wins parliamentary by-election in the Anabar Constituency.
• 20 July – By the end of the 2019 Pacific Games, Nauru wins 34 medals, with 12 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 16 bronze medals.
• 23 August – A Pakistani refugee in Nauru lights himself on fire.
• 24 August – The parliamentary elections and presidential election is held.
• 27 August – Lionel Aingimea is sworn in as president.
• 28 August – Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
• 19 December – Fifteen members of the Nauru 19 are sentenced to jail terms by Judge Daniel Fatiaki after being found guilty in a retrial of charges stemming from a protest in 2015. Charges included rioting and assault.

Deaths

• 8 May – Sprent Dabwido, former President of Nauru (2011–2013), in Armidale, Australia