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The Honourable  Godfrey Thoma MP
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Aiwo
In office November 20, 1995 – August 26, 2007
Preceded by	Theodore Moses
Succeeded by	Dantes Tsitsi
Incumbent
Assumed office  April 26, 2008
Preceded by	René Harris
Born	22 January 1957 (1957-01-22) (age 52) Nauru
Nationality	Nauruan
Residence	Aiwo
Religion	Christian

Godfrey Awaire Thoma (b. January 22, 1957) is a Nauruan politician.

Member of Parliament

Thoma started his first term in the parliament after being elected in 1995, ousting Theodore Moses after only three years. He had been subsequently re-elected to parliament until 2007, when he lost his seat to newcomer Dantes Tsitsi.

Second term

Following the parliament's dissolution in 2008 after President Marcus Stephen had declared a state of emergency, Thoma was re-elected to parliament to serve a second term for the Aiwo Constituency, ending the 31-year parliamentary term of former president René Harris who died just two months later.

Minister of Justice and Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru

Thoma served as Minister of Justice in the administrations of René Harris and Ludwig Scotty.

In May 2003 he was elected Speaker of Parliament, but resigned just one day later.

See also

• Politics of Nauru
• Elections in Nauru
• Nauruan parliamentary election, 2008
• Parliament of Nauru#Current MPs