Tekeeua Tarati (born 12 April 1971 in
Tamana) is an
I-Kiribati
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politician and entrepreneur,
Minister for Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism development since July 2020.
Managing Director of Triple Tee Enterprises (TTT), between 2006 and 2018 he served the Kiribati Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) as Secretary, Vice-President and President (2012-2016), for maximum terms.
When
Matiota Kairo
Matiota Kairo was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly
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Historically, in British Cr ...
, the MP of Tamana, resigned in November 2018 for medical reasons, Tarati run for by-election and was elected in March 2019 at the
Maneaba ni Maungatabu
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. He joined then the ruling party,
Tobwaan Kiribati Party
The Tobwaan Kiribati Party ( en, Embracing Kiribati Party; TKP) is a political party in Kiribati.
History
The party was established in January 2016 as a merger of the Maurin Kiribati Party and the United Coalition Party. The two parties had won ...
(TKP). In the
following general election, in April 2020, he was re-elected with more than 86% of votes. He was then nominated as chairman of TKP until the presidential election of 22 June 2020.
References
Living people
Members of the House of Assembly (Kiribati)
People from the Gilbert Islands
21st-century I-Kiribati politicians
Government ministers of Kiribati
1971 births
Tobwaan Kiribati Party politicians
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