Akiko Sugiyama
Akiko C. Bedor Sugiyama is a Palauan politician and the widow of senator Peter Sugiyama. By 1995 she was the only woman ever elected to Palau’s National Congress. In 2005 she won a special election to become governor of Ngardmau after the impeachment of Schwartz Tudong over misuse of public funds. Along with Vicky Kanai of Airai, she was the first woman elected governor of any Palauan state.
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