Senate of Palau

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The Senate of Palau is the upper house of the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau). The Senate has 9 members serving four-year terms in single-seat constituencies. In the elections held on 2 November 2004 only non-partisans were elected. No political parties exist.

Presidents of the Senate

	Name	Period
1st Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Kaleb Udui	1981 - 1984
2nd Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Isidoro Rumitch The Hon. Joshua Koshiba	January 1985 – October 1986 October 1986 – December 1988
3rd Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Joshua Koshiba The Hon. Isidoro Rumich	1989 - 1991 1991 - 1992
4th Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Peter Sugiyama	1993 - 1996
5th Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Isidoro Rudimch The Hon. Seit Andres	February 1997 – August 1999 September 1999 – December 2000
6th Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Seith Andres	2001 ? - 2004 ?
7th Olbiil Era Kelulau	The Hon. Johnny Rekai	2005 - 2007
8th Olbiil Era Kelulau	Surangel S. Whipps Mlib Tmetuchl	April 25, 2007 – 2009 January 16, 2009 – Present