Ratimiti Babera Kirata (1938-1991) was an I-Kiribati politician, elected in the House of Representatives in 1967 for the constituency of

Onotoa Onotoa is an atoll of Kiribati. It is situated in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean, from Tamana, the smallest island in the Gilberts. The population of Onotoa in the 2015 census was 1,393. The atoll is similar to many other atolls in ...

. He was nominated candidate to the

1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election Elections to the post of Chief Minister were held in the Gilbert Islands on 17 March 1978. The result was a victory for Ieremia Tabai, who won 55.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 73.5%. This was the first election in which a head of government ...

. He was born in

where he was continuously elected MP from 1978 to his death, dying less than one month before the general election of May 1991. He was at that moment one of the possible candidates to the succession of

Ieremia Tabai Ieremia Tienang Tabai (modern spelling: Tabwai; born 16 December 1949) is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the first Beretitenti President of the Republic of Kiribati, after being the youngest ever Chief minister of the Commonwealth of Na ...

as the Beretitenti. He was one of the founders and the first president of the

Gilbertese National Party The Gilbertese National Party (GNP) was a political party in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony founded in 1965. It was the first ever party in this British colony. History Racial tensions between Gilbertese and Ellice Islanders became m ...

and later of the

National Progressive Party (Kiribati) The National Progressive Party (NPP, GNPP in some sources) also known as the Kiribati Tabomoa Party, was a political party, first of the Gilbert Islands, then in Kiribati when it became the majority party in 1978, defeating the Gilbertese National ...

. He had been continuously member of the

Cabinet of Kiribati The Cabinet of Kiribati is the cabinet (executive branch) of the government of the Republic of Kiribati. The initial text of the Constitution of Kiribati (art.40) specifies that the Cabinet "shall consist of the Beretitenti, the Kauoman-ni-Be ...

from 1979 to 1991.

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I-Kiribati civil servants Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the House of Assembly (Kiribati) Government ministers of Kiribati 1991 deaths Gilbertese National Party politicians National Progressive Party (Kiribati) politicians 1938 births {{Kiribati-politician-stub