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The Tobwaan Kiribati Party ( en, Embracing Kiribati Party; TKP) is a political party in
Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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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 19 of the 45 elected seats in 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 a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ...
in the 2015–16 parliamentary elections, with party member
Teatao Teannaki Teatao Teannaki (15 June 1935– 11 October 2016) was an I-Kiribati political figure who served as President of Kiribati from 1991 until 1994. He was first elected to represent Abaiang in the House of Assembly of the Gilbert Islands. Teatao Te ...
subsequently elected to the Assembly as Speaker of the House of Assembly.Last elections
IPU It nominated Taneti Mamau as its candidate for the
2016 presidential elections This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *7 January: K ...
, which Mamau won with around 60% of the vote. In November 2019, after the switch of diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China, its chairman Banuera Berina founded an opposition party, the Kiribati Moa Party, with 13 MPs.
Tekeeua Tarati Tekeeua Tarati (born 12 April 1971 in Tamana) is an I-Kiribati politician and entrepreneur, Minister for Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism development since July 2020. Managing Director of Triple Tee Enterprises (TTT), betwe ...
became party chairman in May 2020, but was succeeded by Betero Atanibora three months later.


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* {{Kiribati political parties Political parties in Kiribati Political parties established in 2016 2016 establishments in Kiribati