Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. (born 9 August 1968) is a Palauan businessman and politician who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. He previously served as a senator from 2009 to 2016. He is an advocate for environmental conservation, economic reform, and maintaining Palau's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2016, he was elected in the 2020 presidential election. He won re-election in 2024.

Whipps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a Palauan father and a mother from Maryland. His father was Surangel S. Whipps, a Palauan businessman, former Speaker of the House and Senate President, who instilled in him the values of hard work and public service. The family returned to Palau in 1972.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Economics from Andrews University in Michigan in 1988. He later earned a Master of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1992.

Upon returning to Palau after his studies, Whipps joined the family business, Surangel and Sons Company, which was founded by his father in 1980. He was appointed President and CEO of the company, leading its expansion from a single-floor store with 50 employees to a diversified corporation employing over 600 people, with interests in supermarkets, hardware, auto sales, quarrying, and construction. The experience of growing up in the family business gave him direct insight into the challenges faced by Palauan workers and business owners.

Whipps was first elected to the Senate of Palau in 2008. He ran as a write-in candidate after the filing deadline had passed, making history by winning with 66% of the vote. He served two terms in the 8th and 9th Olbiil Era Kelulau (Palau National Congress) from 2009 to 2016. During his tenure, he was known for his work on economic and labor issues.

As a senator, he successfully pushed for the first increase to the national minimum wage since it was initially enacted in 1997 by his father. The bill he introduced in the 9th OEK raised Palau's minimum wage, a key step in his platform of prioritizing Palauan workers ("Palauans First"). He has continued this advocacy as president, with subsequent increases phasing the minimum wage to $5.00 per hour by 2025.

Whipps also conducted over 100 oversight hearings aimed at promoting transparency and accountability in government services.

In the 2016 Palauan general election, Whipps ran for president against his brother-in-law, the incumbent President Thomas Remengesau Jr.. In a close race, Remengesau received 5,109 votes while Whipps won 4,854 votes.