Bop was a member of the Iruwa tribe. He was educated at
Geelong in Australia. Following
World War II he returned to Nauru and was employed by the Nauru Co-operative Society. In
elected to the
Local Government Council from the
Meneng constituency. However, he lost his seat in
1955. In 1957 he joined the Administering Authority run by the Australian government. He was elected to the Local Government Council again in
1959, and re-elected in
1963. He was elected to the new Legislative Council in
1966 and was part of the
1967 Constitutional Assembly that drew up the independence constitution. After being re-elected in
1968, he was elected to the Council of State and became Minister of Finance later in the year. He remained a minister until the
1976 elections when President
Hammer DeRoburt was replaced by
Bernard Dowiyogo. When DeRoburt regained the presidency in May 1978, Bop returned as Minister of Finance. However, he was replaced in December the same year. He subsequently became Deputy Speaker in 1979 and was chairman of the
Nauru Phosphate Corporation. ==References==