Gloria Salii (born 1950 or 1951) is the bilung of Koror which is the female counterpart of ibedul and highest ranking female chief title in Palau.^[1][2]

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Gloria Salii
Salii in 2010
Bilung of Koror
Reign	1975 – present
Born	1950 or 1951 (age 73–74)[1]
Spouse	Michael Littler
Issue	James Lebuu Littler

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She became the bilung in 1975.^[3] After the death of her older brother High Chief (ibedul) of Koror Yutaka Gibbons, there was a succession dispute between Salii, on behalf of her son James Lebuu Littler, and her brother Alexander Merep.^[4]

Her family are of English, Chinese and royal Palauan descent.^[1] She is married to Michael Littler, an administrator in the Palauan educational system and their son was born in 1978.^[1] She is the brother of the former ibedul of Koror Yutaka Gibbons, Governor of Koror John C. Gibbons and the current ibedul Alexander Merep.^[4]