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List Of Members Of The Parliament Of Vanuatu (2002–2004)
The 52 members of the Parliament of Vanuatu The Parliament of Vanuatu ( bi, Palamen blong Vanuatu; french: Parlement du Vanuatu) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu. It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from Fra ... from 2002 to 2004 were elected on 2 May 2002. List of members References {{Vanuatuan MPs by parliament 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Vanuatu
The Parliament of Vanuatu ( bi, Palamen blong Vanuatu; french: Parlement du Vanuatu) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu. It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from France and the United Kingdom. The functioning of Parliament is derived from the British Westminster system, and includes the principle of parliamentary supremacy, within the limits of the Constitution. The President, as a figurehead, may not veto parliamentary legislation, unless he considers it may be contrary to the Constitution, in which case he may refer it to the Supreme Court, and veto it only if the Supreme Court declares it to be contrary to the Constitution. Parliament is composed of fifty-two members, directly elected by citizens from multi-member constituencies for a four-year term. Parliament elects the Prime Minister from among its members. Members of Parliament are also, along with the presidents of Regional Councils, members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Donald
Isabelle Donald (born 23 November 1966) is a politician from Epi Island in Vanuatu. She has served two elected terms, from 2002-2005 and 2005-2008. Donald attended Onesua High School from 1980 to 1983, followed by a year at Malapoa College, where she studied typing and administration. From 1984 to 1992 Donald worked for the Epi local government. In 1993 she moved to work at the Ministry of Agriculture and became involved with the Rural Skills Training Program, where she stayed until standing in the parliamentary election in 2002. When Donald was elected to the Parliament of Vanuatu The Parliament of Vanuatu ( bi, Palamen blong Vanuatu; french: Parlement du Vanuatu) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu. It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from Franc ... in May 2002 she became the third woman in to serve there. She was also appointed deputy speaker of the house in the same year, a position she held until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Telukluk
Paul Barthelemy Telukluk is a Vanuatuan politician. In 2000, he was the co-founder, along with Father Gérard Leymang and Vincent Boulekone, of the Green Confederation, to "promote sustainable development balancing custom, the environment, social welfare, free enterprise and regional autonomy for each of the six provinces". In the 2002 general election, he was elected to Parliament as Green MP for Malekula. Within the Green Federation, he was the leader of Namangi Aute, a francophone movement founded in 1975, and committed to decentralisation. Prior to merging with the Greens, Namangi Aute had been merged into the Union of Moderate Parties, and Telukluk had begun his political career as an MP for the UPM. Shortly after being elected to Parliament as a Green, however, he left the Confederation and re-established Namangi Aute as an independent party. He was re-elected as MP for Malekula in the 2004 and 2008 general elections, being Namangi Aute's sole Member of Parliament on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmon Saimon
Esmon Saimon, also referred to as Esmon Sae (born 28 October 1955), is a Vanuatuan politician. Since 11 February 2016 he has been speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu, and from 17 June 2017 to 6 July 2017 served as the acting president of Vanuatu upon the death of Baldwin Lonsdale. Career He worked first as Secretary to the South West Bay Cooperative Society, from 1978 to 1982, then went into private business (in "retail and fishing") until 1998. He served in office in the Malampa Province assembly from 1992 to 1996, then was elected Member of the national Parliament for Malekula in the December 1998 general election. He is currently a member of the Melanesian Progressive Party. Initially a backbencher, he was appointed Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development (i.e., indigenous business development) in Prime Minister Sato Kilman's Cabinet on February 18, 2010. Kilman was attempting to consolidate his government's majority prior to an expected vote on a moti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japeth Nawilau
Japheth ( he, יֶפֶת ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; el, Ἰάφεθ '; la, Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations as the ancestor of the peoples of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and elsewhere. In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the progenitor of the European peoples, Javakhishvili, Ivane (1950), ''Historical-Ethnological problems of Georgia, the Caucasus and the Near East''. Tbilisi, pp. 130–135 (in Georgian). while Islamic traditions also include the Chinese people among his descendants. Etymology The meaning of the name ''Japheth'' is disputable. There are two possible sources to the meaning of the name: * From Aramaic root , meaning ''to extend''. In this case, the name would mean ''may He extend'' (Rashi). * From Hebrew root , meaning ''beauty,'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrisen
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Progress Party (Vanuatu)
The People's Progressive Party is a reformist political party in Vanuatu. At the 6 July 2004 legislative elections, the party won 3 out of 52 seats. The following election saw its seat count increased to 4. Its leader, Sato Kilman served as Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister of Vanuatu from December 2004 to July 2007. He had made the party an important member of the National United Party-led coalition of Prime Minister Ham Lini but in July 2007, apparently due to corruption charges put against Kilman's secretary, Lini expelled the People's Progress Party from the cabinet. Kilman formed his first legal cabinet in June 2011 and his government was reflected in 2012, with PPP winning six seats. The party was forced into opposition in 2013 when Kilman resigned and Moana Carcasses became Prime Minister. After 3 MPs crossed the floor Sato Kilman led government again in 2015 until the end of the legislature. In the 2016 election the PPP lost all but one of its seats, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sato Kilman
Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu (born 30 December 1957) is a Vanuatuan politician. He was Prime Minister of Vanuatu on four occasions, most recently from June 2015 to February 2016. Kilman was previously Prime Minister from December 2010 to April 2011 and from May to June 2011, though his premiership was subsequently annulled by a court of law. He was elected Prime Minister again on 26 June 2011, thus beginning his first legally recognised term in the premiership; he served until 23 March 2013. He is also the current Leader of the People's Progress Party. He is an MP from Lakatoro on Malekula Island. Career Kilman and Ham Lini led the opposition to the Serge Vohor government when it took office in July 2004. Soon, however, Lini joined a coalition government with Vohor. Kilman then became known as the leader of the opposition, and became a particularly strong critic of Vohor's attempts to establish relations with Taiwan. In December 2004, Kilman filed the no confidence motion which d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Browny
Donna may refer to the short form of the honorific ''nobildonna'', the female form of Don (honorific) in Italian. People *Donna (given name); includes name origin and list of people and characters with the name * Roberto Di Donna (born 1968), Italian sports shooter * Fernand Donna (1922–1988), French sprint canoeist Places *Donna, Texas, USA *Dønna, Norway * Donna (crater), a tiny lunar crater on the near side of the Moon Music * The Donnas, American all-girl rock band * Donna (radio station), former Flemish music radio station located in Belgium * ''Donna'' (album), album by Donna Cruz * "Donna" (Ritchie Valens song), a 1958 song by Ritchie Valens, covered in the United Kingdom by Marty Wilde * "Donna" (10cc song), a 1972 song by 10cc * "Donna", song from ''Hair'' *"Donna", song by Wally Lewis * "Donna, Donna", a Yiddish song * "Donna the Prima Donna", a 1963 song by Dion Other * Hurricane Donna, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1960 * ''Una donna'', 1906 novel by Sibilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Boedoro
Philip Boedoro (born 21 May 1958) is a Vanuatuan politician. He was first elected to the parliament of Vanuatu in 2002 as a representative of Maewo. He returned to the legislature in 2008, and was reelected in 2012. From April 2013 to June 2015, Boedoro served as speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu. He was acting president of Vanuatu The president of Vanuatu (french: Président du Vanuatu) is the head of state of Vanuatu. The president is elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the presidents of the regional councils. The preside ... in September 2014. In his capacity as speaker, Boedoro dismissed sixteen parliamentarians, all of whom filed a lawsuit against him. Boedoro's appeal of the case was dismissed in May 2015. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boedoro, Philip 1958 births Living people Presidents of Vanuatu Speakers of the Parliament of Vanuatu Vanua'aku Pati politicians Members of the Parliament of Vanuatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wells (Vanuatuan Politician)
George Andre Wells is a Vanuatuan politician and Member of Parliament. He is a member of the National United Party. Wells served as the Foreign Minister of Vanuatu, as well as the Internal Affairs Minister until 2007. Wells was elected three times Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu The Parliament of Vanuatu ( bi, Palamen blong Vanuatu; french: Parlement du Vanuatu) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu. It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from Franc ... for terms from September 2008 to June 2009, from January 2010 to December 2010, and from November 2012 to April 2013. Sworn in as Foreign Affairs Minister 8 December 2010. Wells is the current Minister of Internal Affairs. References Living people Members of the Parliament of Vanuatu Speakers of the Parliament of Vanuatu Foreign Ministers of Vanuatu National United Party (Vanuatu) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Baba
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
