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Surangel Whipps Jr.

Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. (born 9 August 1968) is a Palauan businessman and politician, who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. He served as senator from 2008 to 2016. He is from the State of Ngatpang. Whipps assumed office as the President of Palau on 21 January 2021. Early life and education Whipps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Surangel Whipps Sr. and an unknown mother who was born in Maryland. He is of Palauan and American ancestry. He has a degree in Business Administration and Economics from Andrews University and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, he heads a chain of Palauan supermarkets. He ran against his brother-in-law, President Thomas Remengesau Jr., who was running for re-election, in the 2016 Palauan general election. Remengesau received 5,109 votes while Whipps won 4,854 votes. Personal life Whipps...

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