René Harris

René Reynaldo Harris (* in Aiwo) is in politician and was a president of the Republic of Nauru already four times. It is member of the parliament for Aiwo since .

Life

Harris received its training to Geelong College in , Australia, where it played. It was after the return as a president that Nauru Australian football Association (NAFA) actively. Still today he is admitting supporter of the restaurant team Menaida of tiger and it sponserte in former times also.

Before its choice in Nauruan parliament Harris for those worked (NPC) and manager was that (NPL). Harris became to the deputy speaker and to the speaker of the parliament selected. it became the chairman of the management committee of the NPC.

Harris of the release by force of three became used from the prison that Nauru policy with the assistance of two accomplices transfers. A correspondent of an Australian TV organization stated that Harris as a chairman of the NPC more than 231.000 A$ for luxusartikel, holidays and a real estate in to have spent is. Harris possesses a luxurioese Penthouse Suite in 51. Stick of the Nauru House in Melbourne.

Harris became for the first time a Nauruan president to and it remained up to again of Harris due to one Vote of no confidence displaced. The situation came into to a further circulation of the uncertainty requested.

Harris quoted that it indicated as reason for its re-election by the Nauruan parliament, the parliamentarians "saw the light not" with its predecessor, Ludwig Scotty. Harris successfully broke through the complete stop of the government, when he was able, the legislation by the parliament.
Harris dismissed the cabinet occupied by Scotty and appointed its trailers Ministers: Derog Gioura became Minister for women and family, Marcus Stephen Minister of Finance and educating. Remy Namaduk became the Minister for development, transport and industry and Godfrey Thoma appointed the law and fishery Minister.

Harris receives in monthly one suffers. Its health is it most importantly, there diabetes already the life one of its political opponents, Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Dowiyogo terminated. In Harris collapsed in Nauruan parliament building and became from Dr. revives.

To Harris in one became Vote of no confidence set off from the parliament, there Kinza Clodumar, Minister of Finance under Harris, against him was correct. Clodumar reason for the page overflow was that he wanted to turn the dissolution away of the parliament threatened with by Harris. He was again-appointed of Ludwig Scotty, which took over the office for president, as indication of the acknowledgment the Minister of Finance. Briefly before its logging-off it demanded new elections at the end of of July apart from the dissolution of the parliament also. Now set off was afraid he, the new government became that Nauru Detention Centre close and thus the only source of income of the state prevent, which could lead to the bankruptcy of the state.

Harris ' demand for new elections was finally fulfilled: Scotty solved the parliament end September 2004 up. With the preferred parliamentary elections to 2004 were red-elect Harris, lost however sieve its group of oppositions; only Lyn Adam still one red-elect. Four days after the elections it attacked the choice observers of Pacific Iceland forum and it called "idiots", since they had judged the elections as fair and freely. Harris meant, several voices is by the government to have been bought.

Harris is likewise into that involves, in particular in that and in that .
Its government is responsible for that Nauru Detention Centre, the housings that asylum-seekers on the island as well as for the entry of Nauru to UN and for the full membership in Commonwealth. Harris became from the Nauruan opposition party ( and violations of human rights criticizes. In the parliament it often became of Kinza Clodumar and its informal party Centre party (Nauruan central party) supported.

See also: ,

Web on the left of

• InterNet operational readiness level of Nauru (de.)
• René Harris in Encyclopedia OF Political information (EN)