Surangel Whipps Jr.
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Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. is a Palauan businessman and politician who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. He previously served as a senator from 2009 to 2016. He is an advocate for envir
Whipps in 2026
General elections were held in Palau on 5 November 2024 to elect a President and the National Congress. Incumbent President Surangel Whipps Jr. faced former president Tommy Remengesau Jr. in the elect
Surangel Whipps Jr.
…diplomatic ties with Taiwan. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2016, he was elected in the 2020 presidential election. He won re-election in 2024. Whipps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a Palauan father and a mother from Maryland. His father was Surangel S. Whipps, a Palauan businessman…
Surangel Whipps Jr. at Japan Palau Summit September 2022
Tommy Remengesau 2016
Vice President Raynold Oilouch 2017
Uduch Sengebau Senior official portrait in 2021