{{Short description|Nauruan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix =The Honourable |name = Bingham Agir |honorific_suffix =MP |image = Bingham Agir (crop1).jpg |caption = Agir in 2023 |constituency_MP = Buada |parliament = Nauruan |majority = |predecessor = Roland Kun |successor = |term_start = 2016 |term_end = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |party = |relations = |children = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Jason Bingham Agir''' is a Nauruan politician.
==Career== On 12 January 2012, Agir was made a director on the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Board.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grundler|first=Bernard|date=13 January 2012|title=RECONSTITUTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF NAURU REHABILITATION CORPORATION|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/9c88ec4b3ce5107f672a7ae185b4aa15.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=6|page=1}}</ref>
Agir unsuccessfully ran in the 2013 parliamentary election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813011510/http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/june-2013-nauru-general-parliamentary-elections-watch-this-space-for-results-and-updates-on-the-election-polling-opens-saturday-8-june-2013,-11am-%E2%80%93-6pm.aspx|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/june-2013-nauru-general-parliamentary-elections-watch-this-space-for-results-and-updates-on-the-election-polling-opens-saturday-8-june-2013%2C-11am-%E2%80%93-6pm.aspx|title=June 2013 Nauru General Parliamentary Elections results|publisher=Government of the Republic of Nauru|archive-date=13 August 2013|date=|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref> In the 2016 parliamentary election Agir was elected to represent the Buada Constituency.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909090428/http://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Buada.pdf|url=http://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Buada.pdf|title=Declaration of Results Buada Constituency|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|archive-date=9 September 2016|date=2016|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref> On 20 July, President Baron Waqa appointed Agir as assistant minister for Telecommunications & Media, Sports, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Waqa|first=Baron Divavesi|date=20 July 2016|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/3d141a83c61c946ccc3fc4e988259eba.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=137|page=2}}</ref> Agir was re-elected in the 2019 election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827103245/https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Buada.pdf|url=https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Buada.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|archive-date=27 August 2019|date=25 August 2019|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref> On 28 August, President Lionel Aingimea appointed Agir as assistant minister for Land Management and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aingimea|first=Lionel Rouwen|date=28 August 2019|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/d769899464dd99630d2e7dd0d7c71296.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=158|page=1}}</ref> Agir was again re-elected in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928073405/https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Buada-2022-Results.pdf|url=https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Buada-2022-Results.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Buada Constituency|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|archive-date=28 September 2022|date=25 September 2022|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref> On 29 September, President Russ Kun appointed Agir as deputy minister for Land Management, the Eigigu Holding Corporation, and Nauru National Heritage & Museum.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pareti|first=Kite|url=https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/nauru-cabinet-sworn-into-office/|title=Nauru cabinet sworn into office|work=Islands Business|date=29 September 2022|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref> On 21 March 2023, President Kun changed Agir's appointments to be deputy minister for Land Management, the Cenpac Corporation, and the Eigigu Holdings Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kun|first=Russ Joseph|date=22 March 2023|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/ae21417578933fa533a1aa3593e7ec92.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=59|page=2}}</ref>
On 30 October 2023, after a no-confidence vote against President Kun, there was a vote for president among the Parliament. Agir nominated Delvin Thoma. After the first secret ballot, MP David Adeang and Thoma were tied at nine votes. In the second vote, Thoma received only eight votes to Adeang's ten, resulting in the election of Adeang as president.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.mvariety.com/news/regional_world/david-adeang-elected-as-new-nauru-president/article_14bcea70-76ea-11ee-a52f-1b6d8b938d94.html|title=David Adeang elected as new Nauru president|work=Marianas Variety|date=30 October 2023|accessdate=30 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=David Adeang elected as the new President of Nauru |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/501301/david-adeang-elected-as-the-new-president-of-nauru |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Nauru Parliament}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Agir, Bingham}} Category:Living people Category:Members of the Parliament of Nauru Category:People from Buada district Category:21st-century Nauruan politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Communications ministers of Nauru Category:Sports ministers of Nauru
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