President's Day (Palau)

President's Day is a public holiday in Palau, observed on June 1 yearly. The holiday is to honor the presidency in the Republic of Palau.

The Republic of Palau is an island country in the western Pacific. The islands became part of the Spanish colony in 1885. In 1899, Spain sold the islands to German after its defeat in the Spanish-American War 1898.

Japanese occupied the islands in 1919 and surrendered after World War II. As a result, the United Nations created the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947 and was under the United States administration.

On May 10, 1979, four Trust Territory districts formed the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, but the district of Palau opted for independence. In 1981, the Republic of Palau was established, and on October 1, 1994, Palau achieved its independence.

The president of the Republic of Palau is the head of government and the head of the state of Palau. The presidency has four years for each term, renewable once consecutively. The first President was Haruo Remeliik, who was born on June 1, 1933, and served from March 2, 1981, to June 30, 1985, when he was shot in the driveway of his home by an unidentified gunman.

The following is the list of President's Day in the Republic of Palau from 2022 to 2026.

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