Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty
, Pacific Women in Politics, 9 June 2013 is a

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an politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Yaren since 2013. She was a cabinet minister from 2013 to 2019.

Biography

Overview

She exercised a career in the highest levels of

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, culminating as

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successively in the ministries of Health, Home Affairs and Justice. She stood unsuccessfully as a candidate to

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in the 2010 general elections, then was elected Member of Parliament for Yaren (the ''de facto'' capital) in the June 2013 general election. The Yaren constituency elects two MPs; Scotty came first, ahead of medical doctor, former Cabinet minister and veteran politician Kieren Keke, who retained the second seat. The other incumbent, Dominic Tabuna, was thus defeated. As there are no political parties in Nauru, Scotty sits as an independent. Her election made history: she is only the second woman in Nauruan history to be elected to Parliament, following Ruby Dediya (who was MP from 1986 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1997).

Cabinet Minister

Following her election to

, Mrs. Scotty was appointed by newly elected

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to serve in his

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as Minister for Home Affairs, Education, Youth, and Land Management."President Waqa names his cabinet"
, Nauru government, 13 June 2013 After President

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was sworn in on 31 October 2023, Scotty was made Minister Health, Internal Affairs, Women's and Social Development Affairs, People living with Disability, and the Naoero Museum and Tourism.

Relations

Charmaine Scotty's husband is the cousin of Ludwig Scotty, former

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and fellow MP in the 2013 Parliament."Nauru gets second woman MP, first in nearly 30 years"
Radio New Zealand International, 10 June 2013

References

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Biography

Overview

Cabinet Minister

Relations

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