Franz Reksid

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Franz Benjamin Reksid
Minister of Administration of Palau
In office
1986 – January 1989
PresidentLazarus Salii
Thomas Remengesau Sr.
Preceded byHaruo Willter
Succeeded byKuniwo Nakamura

Franz Reksid is a Palauan civil servant and politician, former Minister of Administration of Palau, and former official in Northern Mariana Islands government.[1]

He was health services administrator of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in Saipan, Marianas, in 1970s[2] and 1980s.[3]

Reksid was appointed as Minister of Administration of Palau[4] by President Lazarus Salii in 1986,[5] and was confirmed by Senate of Palau. In this role he was responsible for public finances of Palau. He left the position when Thomas Remengesau Sr. left office in January 1989. In 1990s he was special assistant to the Governor of Northern Mariana Islands.

Later he worked as department of public lands official in Northern Mariana Islands government. He was responsible for managing department of public lands contracts with funding provided from United States Environmental Protection Agency grants from 2007 to 2009.[6] He was found guilty for accepting bribes in 2011.[7]

He was 70 years old in 2011,[7] so he was born in about 1940–1942.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reksid objects to his sentencing". Saipan Tribune. 24 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Final Report in the Conference on Regional Cooperation in the WHO Fellowship Programme" (PDF). World Health Organization.
  3. ^ "Listing of Personnel for State Vital and Health Statistics Offices". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics. 1983.
  4. ^ "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs.
  5. ^ Gilman, Eric. "Community Based and Multiple Purpose Protected Areas: A Model to Select and Manage Protected Areas with Lessons from the Pacific Islands" (PDF). Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee.
  6. ^ "OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL - Semiannual Report to Congress October 1, 2012–March 31, 2013" (PDF). U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
  7. ^ a b "Federal jury finds Reksid guilty". Saipan Tribune. 23 September 2011.