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The Palauan presidential election was held as part of the Palauan general elections on November 4, 2008. It was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible to run because he has served the maximum two terms allowed. This was the first presidential election in Palau's history in which presidential candidates are running with declared vice-presidential candidates. In past elections the President and Vice-Presidents were elected separately, and the winners of those elections served as a "national leadership team".〔 Outgoing President Tommy Remengesau announced that he would run for a seat in the Senate.〔 == Candidates == The first round of the election was primary election held on September 23, 2008.〔 Four candidates ran in the election, but only the top two candidates with the most votes qualified for the November 4, 2008 general election. The original four presidential and vice-presidential candidates are as follows: *Elias Camsek Chin – The incumbent Vice-President was seeking a promotion to the Palauan presidency. His running mate was Senator Alan R. Seid.〔 *Johnson Toribiong – He is the current Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan), and he was running with Delegate Kerai Mariur.〔 *Surangel S. Whipps – He is the President of the Senate and his running mate was Billy Kuartei, the Chief of Staff for President Remengesau.〔 *Joshua Koshiba – He is a Senator and his running mate was Governor of Peleliu Jackson Ngiraingas.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palauan presidential election, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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