{"id":"bernard-dowiyogo","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernard-dowiyogo","language":"en","name":"Bernard Dowiyogo","name_en":"Bernard Dowiyogo","name_ne":null,"description":"Nauruan politician (1946-2003)","headline":"Nauruan politician (1946-2003)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru on seven occasions between 1976 and 2003. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bernard Dowiyogo visiting Lincoln University (cropped).jpg — Lincoln University, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Bernard Dowiyogo\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bernard-dowiyogo. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernard-dowiyogo","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernard-dowiyogo","ne":null}}