Roman Tmetuchl

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Roman Tmetuchl (February 11, 1926 - October 1998) was a Palau political leader and businessman.[1] During World War II, he was recruited to work for the Kempeitai, the Empire of Japan's military police.[2] He later served in the Congress of Micronesia, and went into business, through which he amassed a fortune of US$35 million. He later served as Palau's chief negotiator on the discussions regarding the Compact of Free Association.[1] Palau International Airport was renamed as the Roman Tmetuchl International Airport in his honor in a resolution by the Senate of Palau proposed by senators Reklai, Koshiba, Seid, Diaz, and Dengokl on April 11, 2006 and later passed on May 4 of the same year. The resolution stated that "The Roman Tmetuchl International Airport is a fitting name for Palau's international airport due to Mr. Tmetuchl's numerous years of valuable services he provided to the Republic and for the assistance he provided in developing the airport."[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Shuster, Donald R, “Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999”, The Contemporary Pacific 12 (1): 217-220, <http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/contemporary_pacific/v012/12.1shuster02.html> 
  2. ^ Tmetuchi, Roman, “I Worked for the Kempeitai”, in Petty, Bruce M., Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, ISBN 0786409916 
  3. ^ “Roman Tmetuchl International Airport”, Palau Horizon, April 21-24, 2006 
  4. ^ Ngiraiwet, Florencia (2007-11-02), Senate Joint Resolution Status Table, Senate of Palau, <http://www.palauoek.net/senate/legislation/sjr/SenateJointResolutionsTable.pdf>. Retrieved on 25 February 2008 

[edit] Further reading

  • Shuster, Donald R. (2002), Roman Tmetuchl: A Palauan Visionary, Roman Tmetuchl Family Trust, ISBN 9829064018 

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