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By 1967, Ludwig Dowong had returned to Nauru. In 1967, he was
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1149:"Republic of Nauru Permanent Mission to the United Nations"
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539:"Nauru Needs Rehabilition Not Resettlement"
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1076:"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 1997"
1074:Itsimaera, Angie (10 February 1997).
1002:"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 1992"
965:"GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 1989"
609:Keke, Ludwig Dowong (28 March 2014).
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682:"List of Registered Dentists, 1986"
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1266:Weston, Q. V. L. (4 August 1969).
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680:Forbes, P. M. (4 September 1986).
360:. In 1950, Dowong began attending
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100:Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
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611:"Memories of Menzies 1954"
454:. Keke was elected in the
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505:Ludwig Keke's brother,
491:Order of Brilliant Star
420:. Keke was defeated by
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224:Ann Elizabeth Buissink
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854:"DECLARATION OF POLL"
817:"DECLARATION OF POLL"
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376:. He then studied at
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