{{Short description|Nauruan politician (born 1985)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Richard-Hyde Menke | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | constituency_MP = Meneng | parliament = Nauruan | majority = | predecessor = Vodrick Detsiogo | successor = Lyn-Wannan Kam | term_start = 2019 | term_end = 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Nauru | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Richard-Hyde Menke''', also known as '''Khyde Menke''', (born 9 January 1985) is a Nauruan politician.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rajan|first=M. S.|date=6 March 1985|title=BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4a140538fae733e4c732c8a5e0dda07b.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=11|page=4}}</ref>
==Career== In the 2019 parliamentary election, Menke was elected to represent the Meneng Constituency.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827103240/https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Meneng.pdf|url=https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Meneng.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Meneng Constituency|date=25 August 2019|archive-date=27 August 2019|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=8 June 2023}}</ref> On 28 August, President Lionel Aingimea as deputy minister for Education and the Naoero Postal Services Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aingimea|first=Lionel Rouwen|date=17 September 2019|title=DEPUTY MINISTERS ACT 2019|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/f55286edcf5cceaaa728fa12daf29a93.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=174|page=2}}</ref> Menke was re-elected in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930020510/https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Meneng-2022-Results.pdf|url=https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Meneng-2022-Results.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Meneng Constituency|date=26 September 2022|archive-date=30 September 2022|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=8 June 2023}}</ref> On 27 September, President Russ Kun appointed Menke as minister for Education, Sports, the Naoero Postal Services Corporation, and Nauru Sports Development Incorporated.<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=8 June 2023}}</ref>
Menke was unseated in the 2025 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Election-FinaL-Results-Meneng-Pref_compressed.pdf|title=Meneng 2025 Election Result|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|date=12 October 2025|accessdate=14 October 2025}}</ref>
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