Santos Olikong

Santos Olikong
Speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau
In office
July 1985 – November 1988
Preceded byCarlos Salii
Succeeded byShiro Kyota
Personal details
Bornca. 1937-1939
Died2011

Santos Olikong was a Palauan politician and a former Speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau.[1] He was also a senator, bank manager and cabinet minister.[1]

In 1972, Olikong was appointed as the manager of the Koror branch of the Bank of Hawaii.[2]

By 1980, Olikong was vice-speaker of Palau legislature.[3] In the 1980 elections he won a delegate seat in the House of Delegates of Palau representing the State of Koror. He was elected Speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau[1] from 1985 to 1988. He opposed the Compact of Free Association.[4] Olikong was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the 1988 elections.[5] Later he was appointed as Minister of State[6] by President Ngiratkel Etpison.

Olikong was an unsuccessful candidate in the primaries of the presidential elections of 2000.[6] President Remengesau appointed him as ambassador to Japan in 2004.[7]

Olikong died before Christmas Day in 2011 at the age of 73, so he was born ca. 1937–1939.[1] He was described to have been a colorful figure who always had an opinion.[1] He held Koror traditional title 'Rubasech'.[6]

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  4. ^ "Palauans reject independent republic status - UPI Archives". UPI.
  5. ^ "Pacific islands monthly, Vol. 59, No. 12 ( Dec. 1, 1988)". Trove. Pacific islands monthly.
  6. ^ a b c Shuster, Donald. "The Contemporary Pacific - Spring 2001". University of Hawaii.
  7. ^ Shuster, Donald. "Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003". University of Hawaii.