2023 in Nauru

Events in the year 2023 in Nauru.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2023 Timeline of Nauruan history

Incumbents

• President:
  • Russ Kun (until 30 October)
  • David Adeang (from 30 October)
• Speaker of Parliament: Marcus Stephen

Events

• 19 January – The second group of refugees, four in total, to be resettled from the Australian offshore detention centers in Nauru to New Zealand arrive.^[1]
• 23 January – The Nauruan government releases a statement claiming to have been unaware of its consul-general in Thailand, Onassis Dame, renting a property involved in criminal activity. The Nauruan government announced that it will launch its own investigation into the allegations against Consul-General Dame.^[2]
• 30 January
  • Taiwanese Ambassador Dean-Shiang Lin presents his credentials to President Kun.^[3]
  • Nauru receives US$10,000 from the Philippines in response to a call for assistance after its first outbreak of COVID-19 in June 2022.^[4]
• 7 February – Australian Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil moves to renew deal which designates Nauru as Australia's regional processing centre.^[5]
• 13 February – During the 21st meeting of the Micronesian Presidents' Summit in Pohnpei, President Kun hands over the chairmanship of the organization to the Federated States of Micronesia.^[6]
• 24 February – Former Nauruan President Baron Waqa is appointed as leader of the Pacific Islands Forum for 2024.^[7]
• 19 July – Acting President Martin Hunt declares a state of emergency over unexploded ordnance from World War II discovered on 7 July.^[8]
• 22 July – The last refugee held in Nauru under Australia's offshore detention policy arrives in Australia.^[9]
• 7 September – A group of 11 asylum seekers attempting to get to Australia are transferred to Nauru by the Australian government, the first transfer of asylum seekers to Nauru in nine years.^[10][11]
• 17 October – Nauru's first ambassador to Switzerland, Chitra Jeremiah, presents her credentials to President Alain Berset.^[12]
• 25 October – A vote of no confidence against President Kun passes through the Parliament.^[13]
• 30 October – David Adeang is elected as the new President of Nauru following a no-confidence vote for Russ Kun.^[14]
• October – Rosita Rokobuli is crowned Miss Nauru 2023.^[15]
• 9 November – President Adeang walks out of a Pacific Islands Forum meeting after objections were brought against former President Baron Waqa's nomination as leader.^[16]
• 14 November – Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Nauru's only bank, announces its intentions to cease operation in Nauru by December 2024.^[17][18]