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2007 Kiribati Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 17 October 2007,"Unclear election results for Kiribati President" ABC Radio Australia, 31 August 2007. following the 2007 parliamentary election. President , who was re-elected to parliament in the first round of the parliamentary election, sought another term as president. At the first parliamentary session, four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anote Tong
Anote Tong (; born 11 June 1952 in Tabuaeran, Line Islands) is an I-Kiribati politician for the Pillars of Truth party and environmental activist with half Chinese heritage, who served as President of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016. He won the election in July 2003 with a slim plurality of votes cast (47.4%) against his older brother, Harry Tong (43.5%) and the private lawyer Banuera Berina (9.1%). The elections were contested by the opposition, due to allegations of electoral fraud but the High Court of Tarawa had confirmed that there was no fraud. He was re-elected on 17 October 2007 for a second term (64%). In 2012, Tong was reelected for a third term, although with a significantly smaller percentage than in the previous two elections. Tong is primarily known abroad for his efforts to raise "global awareness on the threat posed by climate change", [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati ''The World Factbook''. Europa (web portal). Retrieved 29 January 2016. is an in in the central . The permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), more than half of whom live on |
2007 Kiribatian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 22 August 2007 and 30 August 2007, within 23 constituencies (electoral districts) to elect 44 MPs (43,000 citizens vote). Two other MPs are ''ex officio'' members (not elected). There were 146 candidates in the first round, including all 44 sitting MPs, among them President Anote Tong.Phil Mercer"Kiribati voters go to the polls" BBC News, 22 August 2007. Most of them represent Pillars of Truth or Protect the Maneaba. The main issues were education and employment. Results Eighteen seats were decided in the first round (including that of Tong, who was overwhelmingly re-elected). Tong's Pillars of Truth and allies independents got twelve of the eighteen seats. For the twenty-six seats where no candidate received a majority, a second round was held on 30 August. References External linksParliament of Kiribati - Members(on the Parliament of Kiribati's official website)(on TSKL.net.ki) Parliamentary elections in Kiribati Kiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tatireta
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Timon Aneri
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Harry Tong
Dr. Harry Tong (), is an I-Kiribati politician with Chinese heritage. He was born in Tabuaeran, Line Islands and is the second child of Chinese immigrant Tong Ting Hai and Nei Keke Randolph, of Abaiang and Maiana. Harry Tong attended Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand, and then went on to complete his medical training at the Fiji School of Medicine. He was first elected to the House of Assembly of Kiribati in 1983, representing the constituency of South Tarawa, the country's capital. He was re-elected in 1987, but resigned from Parliament in 1989, before the end of his term. He returned to Parliament in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in 2003 and in 2007, still representing South Tarawa. Again, however, he resigned before the end of the latter term. He stood for president in the 1998 election, lost to the incumbent, Teburoro Tito, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetaua Taitai
Tetaua Taitai (c. 1947 – February 6, 2015) was an I-Kiribati physician, politician and businessman. He was originally from the atoll of Tabiteuea North, but resided in the neighboring Tabiteuea South in the southern part of Kiribati. Taitai was the brother-in-law of former Kiribati President Teburoro Tito. Taitai served as the country's Secretary of Health during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1994, newly elected president of Kiribati Teburoro Tito appointed Taitai as his Secretary of Cabinet. In November 2011, Taitai was nominated as one of three candidates for president of Kiribati by the House of Assembly of Kiribati. However, Taitai lost the January 2012 presidential election to incumbent President Anote Tong, who was re-elected to a third term. Taitai placed second, behind Tong. Tetaua Taitai continued to serve as the leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pillars Of Truth
Pillars of Truth ( gil, Boutokaan te Koaua; BK or BTK) was a political party in Kiribati, until 2020 when it merged with the Kiribati First Party to create the Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party. The party was created through a split in the National Progressive Party, which was the first party to rule after Independence in 1979. In the 2003 presidential elections, its candidate Anote Tong won 47.4% and was elected president. In the legislative elections of two months earlier, the party won 16 of 41 elected seats. In 22 August and 30 August 2007 House of Assembly of Kiribati elections, the party won 18 seats. On 17 October 2007, Anote Tong was re-elected as president by a large majority. The opposition boycotted the election due to the exclusion of two opposition candidates, including Tong's brother Harry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Elections In Kiribati
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2007 Elections In Oceania
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