Rota Erimariki Onorio (26 October 1919 – 14 September 2004) was an

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politician who served as Acting President as

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of Kiribati from 10 December 1982 to 18 February 1983, and also as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1979 to 1982. He was born in

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. He was appointed an

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in the

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. Onorio died on 14 September 2004, at the age of 84. His daughter,

Teima Onorio Teima Onorio (also as Teimwa) (born 1963) is an I-Kiribati politician who has been a Member of the House of Assembly House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at ...

, served as

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from 2003 to 2016.

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1919 births 2004 deaths Members of the Order of the British Empire People from the Gilbert Islands Speakers of the House of Assembly of Kiribati {{Kiribati-politician-stub