Havo Molisale (June 9, 1962 – February 23, 2016) was a

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an politician. Molisale was first elected to the

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from the Malo/Aore Constituency in

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. He won re-election to Parliament in the

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and January 2016 general elections. He was a member of the

Nagriamel Nagriamel (sometimes seen as Vemarana, Vemerana or the Nagriamel Customs Union or Nagriamel Movement) is a political party in Vanuatu. History The party was established in January 1966 at a meeting of chiefs in Espiritu Santo convened by Chief ...

political party. Molisale was a native of Malo Island in

. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Quarantine on September 22, 2008, within the government of

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Edward Natapei. In November 2015, he was appointed acting Foreign Minister of Vanuatu within the government of Prime Minister Sato Kilman, a position he held from November 2015 to February 2016. Most recently, Molisale won re-election to a third term in Parliament in the general election on January 22, 2016. He defeated Uri Warawara of the Land and Justice Party (GJP), who placed second. Molisale was one of three members of the

party to be elected to Parliament in 2016. Havo Molisale was elected Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament on February 11, 2016. Later in February, Molisale returned to his home island of Malo to host a feast to thank voters for re-electing him to Parliament in 2016. He died unexpectedly in Malo on Tuesday night, February 23, 2016.

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