After just six days in office, Freddie Pitcher was from removed by a vote of no confidence.

And on Thursday, former president Marcus Stephen resigned amid corruption allegations.

Parliament this morning voted nine to eight in favour of the motion to remove Mr Pitcher, who will be replaced by Sprent Dabwido, a former telecommunications minister.

Mr Pitcher was voted into office after Mr Stephen's resignation and later appointed a new cabinet. But his term lasted just six days.

MP David Adeang, who brought the motion to remove Mr Pitcher, said: "A lot of the basis of no confidence in Freddie is what is perceived to be his personal agenda. That did not sit well with us."

The shake-up follows weeks of political turmoil in Nauru, a nation of just 10,000 people. Last month, Mr Adeang used parliamentary privilege to read out an email, citing alleged correspondence between Mr Stephen and a phosphate dealer in Thailand.

"Put an extra $1 or $2 so we can get some money, what do you think," the email read in part.

Mr Stephen said that the correspondence had been taken out of context.

Today, Mr Pitcher said he received no warning that there would be a vote of no confidence against him.

"They just bulldozed it through and had the motion passed and we were removed, without any debate or any explanation," Mr Pitcher said.

Since Nauru ended its state of emergency in 2008, the government has been stable.

But Mr Pitcher said that the island nation could now face a period of instability.

"Having gone through this turmoil in the last week it seems that there's confusion. I feel sorry for the population, they're not clear as to what's happening and to be honest we're not even clear right now. We know we have a new president but he hasn't sworn in a new cabinet and we won't know what's going to happen until tomorrow morning when parliament resumes.

"This can't be good for the country, can't be good for our donors, and can't be good for our friends and partners," Mr Pitcher said.

Mr Pitcher said he did not believe the change in government would effect Nauru's overwhelming support for the re-opening of the two Australian detention centres on the island.

Australia operated two detention centres on Nauru from 2001 to 2008.