Roniti Teiwaki is an
I-Kiribati
The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan.
Ethno ...
politician.
After the
1974 general election, he became member of the
Cabinet of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of
Naboua Ratieta
Naboua T. Ratieta (26 April 1938 – 12 June 1986) was an I-Kiribati politician who became the first Chief Minister of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1974. The Ellice Islands separated from the colony the following year, and he remained Chie ...
as
Minister of Education, Training and Culture, then confirmed from March 1978 as Minister for Natural Resource Development in
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 ...
’s cabinet of the
Gilbert Islands, after being candidate to
1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election. He temporarily retired from politics in 1982 for working at the
University of South Pacific. He was the opposition candidate to
Teatao Teannaki, his brother-in-law, for
1991 Kiribati presidential election.
He was also an unsuccessful candidate at the
1994 Kiribati presidential election.
References
*Teiwaki, R. (1977). ''The constitutional convention and Gilbertese culture''. Pacific Perspectives, 6(2), 6-8.
*Teiwaki, R. (1988). ''Kiribati: Nation of water''. In R. Crocombe & L. Mason (Eds.), ''Micronesian politics'' (pp. 1–37). Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
Living people
Members of the House of Assembly (Kiribati)
Government ministers of Kiribati
People from the Gilbert Islands
20th-century I-Kiribati politicians
21st-century I-Kiribati politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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