Editing Politics of Nauru (section)

===2003 – present===
In May 2003, elections were held within the parliament to select a new president. In those elections, Ludwig Scotty gained the most support and became the new president. The actual results of the parliamentary vote were as follows: Ludwig Scotty—10 parliamentary votes, Kinza Clodumar—7 parliamentary votes. President Scotty became president on 29 May 2003.  He served only until August 2003 when he was ousted in a non-confidence measure.  Rene Harris was elected as president.

Meanwhile, in [[2003 Nauruan parliamentary election|parliamentary elections held in May 2003]], Nauru First Party won 3 seats and independents garnered 15 in total.

In late June 2004, Nauru's former parliament speaker Ludwig Scotty became the country's new president.  His presidency followed the exit of outgoing President Rene Harris following yet another non-confidence measure.

For his part, Scotty had resigned as parliamentary speaker in April 2004 in protest of the Nauru's financial crisis which included the commencement of receivership proceedings by corporate giant, General Electric.  During that period, Nauru faced the seizure of its assets if the country failed to honour its debt payments.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} 

After Scotty's resignation as parliamentary speaker, the parliament was unable to convene as members of parliament could not decide whom to appoint as his replacement.  The scenario led to a political crisis, the financial crisis notwithstanding.

In mid-2004, the government of Australia sent envoys to help Nauru deal with its financial crisis.  By August 2004, a report by the Australian Centre for Independent Studies suggested that Nauru might consider relinquishing its independent status in favor of becoming an Australian territory.  The report called for radical economic reform as well as the restructuring of both governmental instruments and public service.  The author of the report has offered Nauru economic advice in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paxgaea.com/HRNauru.html|title = Nauru (Republic of Nauru) Pax Gaea World Post Human Rights Report}}</ref>

Scotty was re-elected to serve a full term in October 2004. Following a [[vote of no confidence]] by Parliament against President Scotty on 19 December 2007, Marcus Stephen became the President. Following Stephen's resignation in November 2011, Freddie Pitcher became president. Sprent Dabwido then moved a motion of no confidence in Pitcher, and Dabwido was duly elected president by the parliament, with nine votes supporting his nomination and eight votes opposing.

Elections for Parliament were held in [[2013 Nauruan parliamentary election|2013]], after which [[Baron Waqa]] was elected by Parliament as president.  He held the presidential title six years from 2013 to 2019. President Waqa was a strong supporter of Australia keeping refugees in a refugee camp on Nauru soil.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}  The incumbent president lost his parliamentary seat in [[2019 Nauruan parliamentary election]], meaning he lost his bid for re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/nauru-president-baron-waqa-loses-election/a-50155856|title = Nauru President Baron Waqa loses election &#124; DW &#124; 25.08.2019|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/nauru-parliament-elects-new-president-lionel-aingimea/11454598|title = Former human rights lawyer Lionel Aingimea becomes Nauru leader|website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date = 27 August 2019}}</ref> In August 2019 the parliament elected former human rights lawyer [[Lionel Aingimea]] as the new president of Nauru.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/nauru-parliament-elects-new-president-lionel-aingimea/11454598|title = Former human rights lawyer Lionel Aingimea becomes Nauru leader|website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date = 27 August 2019}}</ref>  Following the [[2022 Nauruan parliamentary election]], [[Russ Kun]] was elected president to succeed Aingimea.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hopes for change as Russ Kun elected as Nauru's president |url=https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/nauru-elects-russ-kun-as-new-president-/101484814 |work=ABC Pacific |date=28 September 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref> On 30 October 2023, [[David Adeang|David Ranibok Adeang]] was elected President of the Republic of Nauru.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Government of the Republic of Nauru - The Government of the Republic of Nauru |url=http://www.nauru.gov.nr/ |website=www.nauru.gov.nr}}</ref>