2019 in Nauru

Events in the year 2019 in Nauru.

Incumbents

 * President
 * Baron Waqa (until 27 August)
 * Lionel Aingimea (after 27 August)
 * Speaker of Parliament
 * Cyril Buraman (until 27 August)
 * Marcus Stephen (after 27 August)

Events

 * 8 January – President Waqa becomes the first world leader to visit Taiwan in 2019, and leaders of both countries promise to strengthen relations.
 * 3 February – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that the last four child refugees have left the Australian offshore refugee detention centres, leaving for resettlement in the United States.
 * 24 March – The Parliament of Nauru, during a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, passes a resolution rejecting the One China principle.
 * 16 May – Nauru becomes a member state of the World Meteorological Organization.
 * 30 May – Ludwig Scotty wins parliamentary by-election in the Anabar Constituency.
 * 20 July – By the end of the 2019 Pacific Games, Nauru wins 34 medals, with 12 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 16 bronze medals.
 * 23 August – A Pakistani refugee in Nauru lights himself on fire.
 * 24 August – The parliamentary elections and presidential election is held.
 * 27 August – Lionel Aingimea is sworn in as president.
 * 28 August – Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
 * 19 December – Fifteen members of the Nauru 19 are sentenced to jail terms by Judge Daniel Fatiaki after being found guilty in a retrial of charges stemming from a protest in 2015. Charges included rioting and assault.

Deaths

 * 8 May – Sprent Dabwido, former President of Nauru (2011–2013), in Armidale, Australia