Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 February 1997, following a series of no-confidence votes in the Presidency,. which had changed hands three times since the 1995 elections. All candidates ran as independents. Following the election Kinza Clodumar was elected President by the Parliament, which included four new members. Voter turnout was 91.8%. Hammer DeRoburt, KBE (25 September 1922 15 July 1992) was the founding President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence.