The Gilbert Islands held its first national election to choose a chief minister on 17 March 1978. Opposition leader Ieremia Tabai won with 55.6% of the...
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Roniti Teiwaki (category Government ministers of Kiribati)
1978 as Minister for Natural Resource Development in Ieremia Tabai’s cabinet of the Gilbert Islands, after being candidate to 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister...
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(2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p679 ISBN 0-19-924959-8 Gilbertese at the polls Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1978, p5 Barrie...
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Babera Kirata (category Gilbertese National Party politicians)
nominated candidate to the 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election. He was born in Onotoa where he was continuously elected MP from 1978 to his death, dying...
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Ieremia Tabai (section Chief minister)
opposition. Tabai defeated the incumbent Naboua Ratieta to become chief minister in the 1978 election, effectively putting him in charge of independence negotiations...
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Kiribati (redirect from Gilbertese cuisine)
Kiribati (/ˈkɪrɪbæs/ KIRR-i-bass, Gilbertese: [kiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), is an island country...
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Ministry of Line and Phoenix Islands Development (category Articles containing Gilbertese-language text)
The ministry was founded after the 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election by Ieremia Tabai. Teewe Arobati (1978–1982) Ieremia Tata (1982–) Tekinaiti...
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Naboua Ratieta (category Government ministers of Kiribati)
founders of the Gilbertese National Party (GNP). Ratieta was first elected to the House of Representatives in a September 1968 by-election in Marakei, following...
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President of Kiribati (category Articles containing Gilbertese-language text)
president of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Beretitenti) is the head of state and head of government of Kiribati. Following a general election, by which citizens elect...
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Reuben Uatioa (category Gilbertese National Party politicians)
(1924 – 1977) was a Gilbertese politician. After being elected to the House of Representatives in 1967, he became the first Chief Elected Member of the...
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