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MOVERS AND SHAKERS

New Zealand’s first female Professor Five new Ministers in Papua New New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and
of Law of Pacific origin, and a former Guinea have been sworn into Cabinet. Vanuatu, Teddy B. Taylor, as a Vice
Supreme Court Justice from Samoa, They are Belden Namah, Minister Chair.
Professor Tafaoimalo Tologata Leilani of Culture and Tourism and Border
Tuala-Warren, has been appointed to Security; Miki Kaeok, Minister of Three commissioners of the Nauru
lead the Te Piringa Faculty of Law at the Finance; Kinoka Feo, Minister of Higher Electoral Commission have been
University of Waikato. Education; Dr Kobby Bomareo, Minister appointed. They are Cronisa Baguga,
of National Housing; and Thomas Opa, Sylvanna Deireragea and Christine
Solomon Islands has appointed its Minister of Energy. Reiyets. David Detudamo has been
first female oral surgeon,Dr Grace Mali appointed Commission Registrar.
Mamupio. New Zealand-born Paul Heath has
been sworn in as a Justice of Appeal in The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji
Stefano Mocci is the newly appointed Fiji. In 2011, he served as Judge of the has appointed Savenaca Kadavi and Lui
World Bank Group Country Manager for Court of Appeal of Vanuatu. Naisara to its Board of Directors.
Fiji. He was until recently, the World
Bank Country Manager for the South Tonga’s first Anti-Corruption Joseph Mangbil has been appointed
Pacific and Papua New Guinea. Commissioner, a New Zealander, Chris as the permanent Provincial
LaHatte, has been sworn into office. Administrator of Western Highlands
Florence Williams Samuel has Tongan lawyer Mele Fakatouato Mangisi Province in Papua New Guinea.
been appointed Vanuatu’s newest has been appointed the first Executive
Solicitor-General. She succeeds the late Director of the Commission. Motoalii Mulipola Roger Hazelman
Frederick John Gilu. has been reappointed as Chief Executive
Fijian Holdings Ltd has appointed Officer of the Samoa Kidney Foundation
Solomoni Nata has been appointed Sitiveni Nabuka as the company’s new for a term of three years.
the new Chief Executive Officer of Fiji’s Group Manager IT. He previously served
iTaukei Land Trust Board on a two-year in Fiji’s public sector as Director for Michelle Harangody has been
term. e-Government. appointed as an Assistant Specialist
focused on the environmental
Kim Jin Hyung is the new Ambassador Digicel Papua New Guinea has humanities at the University of Hawai’i
of the Republic of Korea to Fiji, Kiribati, appointed Tarik Boudiaf as its new at Manoa’s Center for Pacific Island
Nauru, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, and the Chief Executive Officer. Studies.
Federated States of Micronesia.
The Board of the East-West Center WWF Pacific’s new Papua New Guinea
Alitia Bainivalu is Fiji’s new Minister has elected former Hawai‘i Governor, Office Conservation Programme Manager
for Fisheries and Forests, replacing John Waihe‘e as its new Chairperson is Grace Nugi.
Kalaveti Ravu. and former US Ambassador to Papua

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