Ludwig Derangadage Scotty (born June 20, 1948, in Anabar) is the President of the Republic of Nauru. He served as President from May 29, 2003 to August 8, 2003, and was restored to the presidency on June 22, 2004.
Scotty grew up in Anabar in the north of Nauru; he attended secondary school from 1960 until 1964 and studied law at the University of the South Pacific in the Fijian capital city Suva. On March 15, 1983 he was first elected to the Parliament for his district Anbar; in his longterm tenure as parliament member Scotty was the chairman of the Bank of Nauru, the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation and in the board of directors of Air Nauru.
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