Marcus Stephen
Politician
1969 –
Who is Marcus Stephen?
Marcus Stephen is a Nauruan politician and former sportsperson who is a member of the Cabinet of Nauru, and who served as President of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. The son of Nauruan parliamentarian Lawrence Stephen, Stephen was educated at St Bedes College and RMIT University in Victoria, Australia. Initially playing Australian rules football, he opted to pursue the sport of weightlifting, in which he represented Nauru at the Summer Olympics and Commonwealth Games between 1990 and 2002, winning seven Commonwealth gold medals.
After his retirement from weightlifting, Stephen worked at the Bank of Nauru before being elected to parliament at the 2003 elections. Having occupied various portfolios in the Nauruan government under President René Harris, Stephen was sworn in as president after moving a no confidence motion against his replacement, Ludwig Scotty. His term as president was marked by allegations of corruption and accusations of a coup d'état, as well as the declaration of a state of emergency and a suspension from parliament by the Nauruan Supreme Court in 2008.
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- Born
- Oct 1, 1969
Anetan District - Also known as
- 马库斯·斯蒂芬
- Стивен, Маркус
- Parents
- Religion
- Christianity
- Nationality
- Nauru
- Profession
- Education
- RMIT University
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on July 23, 2013
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