What is Sprent Dabwido?
[[File:Sprent Dabwido (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Dabwido in April 2012]] '''Sprent Arumogo Dabwido''' (16 September 1972 – 8 May 2019) was a [[Nauru]]an politician. He served as the [[President of Nauru]] from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of [[Nauru First]]. He also served as a [[Member of Parliament|member]] of the [[Nauruan Parliament]] for [[Meneng Constituency|Meneng]] from 2004 until his death in 2019. Before entering politics, Dabwido was a super-heavyweight [[weightlifter]] and was the national champion of his country. On 8 May 2019, Dabwido died of [[throat cancer]] in [[Armidale, New South Wales]], Australia. He was 46.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/former-nauru-president-sprent-dabwido-dies-aged-46|title=Former Nauru president Sprent Dabwido dies aged 46|publisher=SBS News|date=8 May 2019|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabwido, Sprent}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New South Wales]] [[Category:Deaths from throat cancer]] [[Category:Presidents of Nauru]] [[Category:Weightlifters]] {{Bio-stub}}