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Valerie Whipps

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Valerie Whipps
Whipps in 2024
First Lady of Palau
Assumed office
21 January 2021
PresidentSurangel Whipps Jr.
Preceded byDebbie Remengesau
Personal details
Born
Valerie Esang Remengesau

Koror, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
(now Palau)
Spouse
(m. 1999)
Children4
Parent(s)Thomas Remengesau Sr. (father; deceased)
Ferista Esang Remengesau (mother)
RelativesTommy Remengesau
(brother)
Surangel Whipps Sr.
(father-in-law)
Occupationpolitician

Valerie Esang Whipps (née Remengesau) is a Palauan stateswoman who has been First Lady of Palau since 21 January 2021.[1][2]

Career

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Whipps accompanied her husband on a state visit to Taiwan in March 2021.[3] They met with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen.[4]

Family

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She married future President Surangel Whipps Jr. in 1999.[5]

She is the daughter and sister of former presidents Thomas Remengesau Sr. and Tommy Remengesau Jr. respectively.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Mrs. Valerie Whipps speaks at Surangel Jr.'s Guam Rally for Change, retrieved 2022-08-12
  2. ^ Post, John O'Connor | The Guam Daily. "Palau president, others talk about tourism in light of pandemic". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  3. ^ "Vice President Lai". english.president.gov.tw. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  4. ^ Staff, Daily Post. "Palau opens 'sterile travel corridor' with Taiwan". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  5. ^ "About Ocean Panel – WRI Ocean Panel". Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  6. ^ "Palau island election: Brothers-in-law vying for presidency". The Independent. 2016-10-31. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2016-11-05.