Tarkong Pedro

Palauan educator and politician

Tarkong Pedro

Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1970–1974
Preceded by| Minoru Ueki
Succeeded by| Isidoro Rudimch
Constituency| Palau's 10th district
Member of the Palau District Legislature
In office
–1972
Succeeded by| Moses Mokoll
Constituency| Koror
Personal details
Born|

Tarkong K. Pedro

Died| 1979 (aged 47)
Guam

Tarkong K. Pedro (died 1979) was a Palauan educator and politician. He served as a member of the Palau District Legislature and the House of Representatives of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

## Biography[edit]

In 1958 he was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Hawaii.[1] He subsequently became principal of Koror Elementary School,[2] and spent a summer studying at the College of Guam.[3]

Entering politics, he served in the Palau District Legislature as a representative of Koro until 1972.[4] In April 1970 he defeated Jacob Sawaichi in a by-election for Palau's 10th district seat in the Trust Territory House of Representatives following the resignation of Minoru Ueki.[5] Although he was re-elected in the November 1970 elections, the results of the Palau seats were annulled.[6] However, he was re-elected in the subsequent by-election.[7] He was re-elected again in 1972, but lost his seat to Isidoro Rudimch in the 1974 elections.

He died in hospital in Guam in 1979 whilst travelling to New York City for a meeting of the United Nations Trusteeship Council.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Scholarship students Micronesian Reporter, September–October 1958
2. ^ "In praise, graditure and honor" Micronesian Reporter, March–April 1961
3. ^ Five on the honor roll Micronesian Reporter, July–August 1962
4. ^ The Wisdom of the Past, a Vision for the Future: The Judiciary of the Republic of Palau, p23
5. ^ District Digest Micronesian Reporter , Third Quarter, 1970
6. ^ Some Micronesian unity goes up in smoke Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1971, pp22–23
7. ^ Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands p196–197
8. ^ Tarkong K. Pedro Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1979, p87