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{{short description|Deputy head of state and government of Palau}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post            = Vice President
| body            = the<br />Republic of Palau
| insignia        = 
| insigniasize    = 125px
| insigniacaption =
| image           = Secretary Pompeo Meets With Palau Vice President Oilouch (48461558186) (cropped).jpg
| imagesize       = 165px
| incumbent       = [[Raynold Oilouch]]
| incumbentsince  = 16 January 2025
| termlength      = Four years, renewable once
| formation       = 2 March 1981
| inaugural       = [[Alfonso Oiterong]]
| salary          = US$65,000 annually since 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/pw/legis/consol_act/pet33246.rtf|title=REPUBLIC OF PALAU, TITLE 33 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, RPPL 1-38|author=Republic of Palau|website=www.paclii.org|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311000627/http://www.paclii.org/pw/legis/consol_act/pet33246.rtf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| website         = http://palaugov.pw/
}}
{{Politics of Palau}}

'''Vice President of Palau''' is the second-highest position in the executive branch of the government of [[Palau]], after the [[President of Palau|president]]. 

The vice president is elected in popular elections separate from presidential elections. When the president has been sworn in, the vice president will serve as a [[Cabinet of Palau|member of the cabinet]] and may have other responsibilities assigned by the president.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Convention |first1=the Palau Constitutional |title=Constitution of the Republic of Palau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOl1EAAAQBAJ |publisher=DigiCat |language=en |date=13 June 2022}}</ref> The salary of the vice president has been US$65,000 annually since 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/pw/legis/consol_act/pet33246.rtf|title=REPUBLIC OF PALAU, TITLE 33 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, RPPL 1-38|author=Republic of Palau|website=www.paclii.org|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311000627/http://www.paclii.org/pw/legis/consol_act/pet33246.rtf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== List of vice presidents ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" style="width:75px;" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palaugov.net/PalauGov/Executive/theVP/PastVPres.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216142925/http://www.palaugov.net/PalauGov/Executive/theVP/PastVPres.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|title=Palau Government|date=16 February 2012|access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref><br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |'''Elected'''
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 1
| [[File:Alfonso Oiterong.jpg|138x138px]]
| [[Alfonso Oiterong]]<br />{{small|(1924–1994)}}
|[[1980 Palauan general election|1980]]<br />[[1984 Palauan general election|1984]]
| 2 March 1981
| 30 June 1985<br />{{small|(Became president)}}
| {{age in years and days|1981|3|2|1985|6|30}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 2
| [[File:Thomas Ongelibel Remengesau.jpg|144x144px]]
| [[Thomas Remengesau Sr.]]<br />{{small|(1929–2019)}}
|[[1985 Palauan presidential election|1985]]
| 25 October 1985
| 20 August 1988
| {{age in years and days|1985|10|25|1988|8|20}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 3
| [[File:中村國雄(cropped).jpg|176x176px]]
| [[Kuniwo Nakamura]]<br />{{small|(1943–2020)}}
|[[1988 Palauan general election|1988]]
| 1 January 1989
| 1 January 1993
| {{age in years|1989|1|1|1993|1|1}} years
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 4
| [[File:Tommy Remengesau 2016.jpg|128x128px]]
| [[Tommy Remengesau|Thomas Remengesau Jr.]]<br />{{small|(born 1956)}}
|[[1992 Palauan general election|1992]]<br />[[1996 Palauan general election|1996]]
| 1 January 1993
| 19 January 2001
| {{age in years and days|1993|1|1|2001|1|19}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 5
| [[File:Sandra Pierantozzi.jpg|122x122px]]
| [[Sandra Pierantozzi]]<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
|[[2000 Palauan general election|2000]]
| 19 January 2001
| 1 January 2005
| {{age in years and days|2001|1|19|2005|1|1}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 6
| [[File:Elias Camsek Chin.jpg|106x106px]]
| [[Elias Camsek Chin]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
|[[2004 Palauan general election|2004]]
| 1 January 2005
| 15 January 2009
| {{age in years and days|2005|1|1|2009|1|15}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 7
| [[File:Kerai Mariur.jpg|133x133px]]
| [[Kerai Mariur]]<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
|[[2008 Palauan general election|2008]]
| 15 January 2009
| 17 January 2013
| {{age in years and days|2009|1|15|2013|1|17}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 8
| [[File:Antonio Bells (cropped 3x4).jpg|133x133px]]
| [[Antonio Bells]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
|[[2012 Palauan general election|2012]]
| 17 January 2013
| 19 January 2017
| {{age in years and days|2013|1|17|2017|1|19}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 9
| [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Palau Vice President Oilouch (48461558186) (cropped).jpg|133x133px]]
| [[Raynold Oilouch]]<br />{{small|(born 1965 or 1966)}}
|[[2016 Palauan general election|2016]]
| 19 January 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacificnote.com/single-post/2017/01/09/Palau-To-Welcome-New-Government-On-Jan-19|title = Palau to Welcome New Government on Jan. 19|date = 8 January 2017}}</ref>
| 21 January 2021
| {{age in years and days|2017|1|19|2021|1|21}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | {{color|black|10}}
| [[File:Uduch Sengebau Senior official portrait in 2021.jpg|127x127px]]
| [[Uduch Sengebau Senior]]<br />{{small|(born 1960s{{citation needed|date=February 2022}})}}
|[[2020 Palauan general election|2020]]
| 21 January 2021
| 16 January 2025
| {{age in years and days|2021|1|21|2025|1|16}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]] 
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 11
| [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Palau Vice President Oilouch (48461558186) (cropped).jpg|133x133px]]
| [[Raynold Oilouch]]<br />{{small|(born 1965 or 1966)}}
|[[2024 Palauan general election|2024]]
| 16 January 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Gains for Women as Palau’s 12th National Government Takes Office |url=https://islandtimes.org/historic-gains-for-women-as-palaus-12th-national-government-takes-office/ |website=Island Times |date=17 January 2025}}</ref>
| ''Incumbent''
| {{age in years and days|2025|1|16}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}

==See also==
*[[President of Palau]]
*[[List of current vice presidents]]

==References==
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{{Vice presidents of Palau}}
{{Palau topics}}
{{Deputy heads of government of Oceania}}

[[Category:Vice presidents|Palau]]
[[Category:Government of Palau]]
[[Category:Lists of office-holders by country of work|Palau, Vice-Presidents of]]
[[Category:Palau politics-related lists|Vice President]]
[[Category:Vice presidents of Palau| ]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Palau]]


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