Editing Kinza Clodumar (section)

==Background==
Clodumar was born in [[Boe (Nauru)|Boe]].{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} He was a member of the indigenous population of Nauru, and he was concerned with environmental issues. He was a Member of [[Parliament of Nauru|Parliament]] for many years.

Clodumar was the only Nauruan politician to have been elected to parliament in two different constituencies. He served his first two terms for the [[Aiwo Constituency]] when ousting [[Itubwa Amram]] in the 1971 elections; after being re-elected thrice Clodumar resigned his post in early 1979, but was re-elected in the 1983 elections. In 1992, he did not stand for the seat and moved to the neighbouring [[Boe Constituency]], where he was re-elected in 1995 to serve a third term in parliament.

Clodumar served as [[Minister Assisting the President of Nauru]] in the cabinets of [[Bernard Dowiyogo]] and [[Kennan Adeang]] in 1976-1978 and from September 1986 to October 1986. He was the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru]] from a short term in December 1986.<ref name="speakers_listing_in_the_wall">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397679/nauru-s-new-president-goes-for-freshness-in-cabinet|title=Nauru's new president goes for freshness in cabinet|date=28 August 2019|website=[[RNZ]] }}</ref>

He was [[Minister of Finance of Nauru|Minister of Finance]] several times: January 1977<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : January 1977 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/efe8bd9318972c724459d35e85fb67af.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}</ref> to January 1978, September 1986<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : September 1986 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/bf25c9a8c258bc4d42e9f27af410241c.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Nauru Government Gazette |title=Assignment of Responsibility for the Business of Government : October 1986 |url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/b5e765bbbcf0c696c321540ecb7d4156.pdf |website=Ronlaw.gov.nr}}</ref> to October 1986, December 1986 to August 1989, December 1989 to September 1993 and in November 1996.

Clodumar gave and withdrew support from several other Nauruan politicians, including [[Bernard Dowiyogo]], [[René Harris]] and [[Ludwig Scotty]]. For presidents, withdrawal of support by Clodumar often meant that a president would lose a no confidence vote.