Edwin Tsitsi
Nauruan politician
Samuel Edwin Tsitsi (17 January 1925 – 20 May 1997) was a Nauruan politician.
Biography
Tsitsi was born on 17 January 1925. His father was Samuel Tsitsi. He was a member of the Eamwidara tribe. In 1939, he entered the medical service as an apprentice in a pharmacy in Sydney, Australia. In 1954, again in Sydney, he trained to become a pharmacist.
In December 1964, there was a by-election to fill a vacancy in the Nauruan Local Government Council caused by the death of Councillor Raymond Gadabu. In the four-way election, Tsitsi was elected. In 1966, Tsitsi was elected to the Legislative Assembly and re-elected to the Local Government Council. He represented the Aiwo district in both.
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