President of the Republic of Palau
Incumbent Surangel Whipps Jr. since 21 January 2021
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Haruo Remeliik
Formation	2 March 1981
Deputy	Vice President of Palau
Website	http://palaugov.pw/

The President of the Republic of Palau is the head of government and head of state of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once.

List

All officeholders are political independents.

No.	Name[1] (Birth–Death)	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Election	Vice President[2]
1	Haruo Remeliik (1932–1985)		2 March 1981	30 June 1985 (Assassinated)	1980 (31.2%)	Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994)
					1984 (50.9%)
2	Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019)		30 June 1985	2 July 1985	—	Vacant
3	Alfonso Oiterong (1924–1994)		2 July 1985	25 October 1985	—
4	Lazarus Salii (1937–1988)		25 October 1985	20 August 1988 (Suicide)	1985 (53.9%)	Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019)
2	Thomas Remengesau Sr. (1929–2019)		20 August 1988	1 January 1989	—	Vacant
5	Ngiratkel Etpison (1924–1997)		1 January 1989	1 January 1993	1988 (26.3%)	Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–)
6	Kuniwo Nakamura (1943–2020)		1 January 1993	1 January 2001	1992 (37.3%) (first round) (50.7%) (second round)	Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–)
					1996 (52.7%) (first round) (64.3%) (second round)
7	Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–)		1 January 2001	15 January 2009	2000 (52%)	Sandra Pierantozzi (1951–) 19 January 2001– 1 January 2005
					2004 (66.31%)	Elias Camsek Chin (1949–) 1 January 2005– 15 January 2009
8	Johnson Toribiong (1946–)		15 January 2009	17 January 2013	2008 (51.12%)	Kerai Mariur (1951–)
9	Thomas Remengesau Jr. (1956–)		17 January 2013	21 January 2021	2012 (49.08%)	Antonio Bells (1948–) 17 January 2013– 19 January 2017[3]
					2016 (51.3%)	Raynold Oilouch (1989–) 19 January 2017–21 January 2021[4]
10	Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968–)		21 January 2021	Incumbent	2020 (56.71%)	Uduch Sengebau Senior (1948–) 21 January 2021–present