Lazarus Salii

Lazarus Eitaro Salii
3rd President of Palau
In office October 25, 1985 – August 20, 1988
Vice President	Thomas Remengesau, Sr.
Preceded by	Alfonso Oiterong
Succeeded by	Thomas Remengesau, Sr. (acting)
Personal details
Born	17 November 1936 Angaur, Palau
Died	20 August 1988 (age 51) Koror, Palau

Lazarus Eitaro Salii (17 November 1936 – 20 August 1988) was a politician from Palau. He served as the third President of Palau from 25 October 1985 until he committed suicide on 20 August 1988, amid bribery allegations.^[1]

Salii was involved in the Palau Constitutional Convention of 1978. After the Constitution took effect in 1981, he became an ambassador until 1984, when he became a senator, representing Koror in the Palau National Congress.

When President Haruo Remeliik was assassinated on 30 June 1985, Salii was elected in August to finish his term of office (although Thomas Remengesau and then Alfonso Oiterong served in the interim). Following his suicide by shooting in 1988, he was succeeded by Vice President Remengesau as acting president, followed by Ngiratkel Etpison as the fourth president.

References

1. "Second President of Palau Is Found Shot to Death," New York Times, 21 August 1988

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