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Anote Tong (simplified Chinese: 汤安诺; traditional Chinese: 湯安諾; pinyin: Tāng Ānnuò; born 11 June 1952) is an I-Kiribati environmental activist [1] [2] and former politician for the Pillars of Truth party with half Chinese heritage, who served as the fourth president of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016.
Incumbent President Anote Tong was the outright winner and re-elected as president of Kiribati, with an aggregate total of 14,315 votes or 42% of the total vote. [4] President Tong defeated his closest challenger, Tetaui Taitai, by more than 7%, or 2,500 votes. [4] The third challenger, Rimeta Beniamina, only received 7,738 votes.
After the first round of the election, three people came forward and announced their intent to run for president of Kiribati. Anote Tong from Maiana ran with Maere Tekanene from South Tarawa for the Pillars of Truth party. Tetaua Taitai from Tabiteuea North ran under the Karikirakean Tei-Kiribati party. Mr.
Anote's Ark is a 2018 Canadian documentary film directed by Matthieu Rytz. [1] Profiling the impact of climate change on the island nation of Kiribati, which will be one of the first nations on earth to entirely disappear underwater in the event of a sustained sea level rise, the film tells the stories of the nation's former president Anote Tong, who intensely lobbied the international ...
Talk; Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 List of representatives. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Anote Tong: Wen Jiabao: September 27, 2019:
At the first parliamentary session, [1] four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, Patrick Tatireta, Timon Aneri, and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa. Opposition nominees Harry Tong (Anote Tong's brother) and Tetaua Taitai were excluded from the ballot, [3] upon which the opposition called for a boycott of the election. [4]
The Tarawa Climate Change Conference (TCCC), was held in the Republic of Kiribati from 9 to 10 November 2010. The purpose of the conference was to support the initiative of the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, to hold a consultative forum between vulnerable states and their partners with a view of creating an enabling environment for multi-party negotiations under the auspices of the UNFCCC.
In the 2003 presidential elections, its candidate Anote Tong won 47.4% and was elected president. In the legislative elections of two months earlier, the party won 16 of 41 elected seats. In 22 August and 30 August 2007 House of Assembly of Kiribati elections, the party won 18 seats.