Esmon Saimon, also referred to as Esmon Sae (born 28 October 1955), is a

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an politician. Since 11 February 2016 he has been speaker of the

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, and from 17 June 2017 to 6 July 2017 served as the acting

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upon the death of

Baldwin Lonsdale Baldwin Jacobson Lonsdale (5 August 1948 – 17 June 2017) was a Vanuatuan politician and Anglican priest who served as the president of Vanuatu from 22 September 2014 until his death in 2017. Early life and career Lonsdale was born on Mota ...

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 Malampa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands ...

assembly from 1992 to 1996, then was elected Member of the national Parliament for

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in the December 1998 general election. He is currently a member of the

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. Initially a

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, he was appointed Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development (i.e., indigenous business development) in

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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 20 ...

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on February 18, 2010. Kilman was attempting to consolidate his government's majority prior to an expected vote on a motion of confidence in Parliament. He lost office on April 24 when the Kilman government was ousted in a

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, regained it on May 13 when the Court of Appeal declared the election of the new government unconstitutional, and lost it again on May 17 when Kilman reshuffled his government and replaced him with Don Ken. Kilman's government fell on 21 March 2013 when it lost the confidence of Parliament, and new Prime Minister

Moana Carcasses Kalosil Moana Carcasses Kalosil (born 27 January 1963) is a Vanuatuan politician. He was Prime Minister of Vanuatu from March 2013 to May 2014. He was the first naturalized citizen of Vanuatu to become the country's prime minister. Carcasses was ousted ...

appointed Sae to the position of Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities two days later. He crossed the floor on 15 May 2014 to help bring down the Carcasses government. New Prime Minister

Joe Natuman Joe Natuman (born 24 November 1952) is a Vanuatuan politician of the Vanua'aku Pati and former Prime Minister of Vanuatu. He is a graduate of the University of the South Pacific, and was also an exchange student at the University of Papua New Gu ...

maintained Saimon at his post as Minister for Infrastructure. He lost office on 11 June 2015 when the Natuman government was ousted in a

. On 11 February 2016 he was elected as Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu.

References

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