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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.
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]
Anote Tong: January 30, 2012: February 16, 2012: Abraham Chu: zh:朱文祥: Jiang Yi-huah: Anote Tong: May 2015: May 14, 2015: Donald Lee (Taiwanese diplomat) 李傳通 Former director-general of the Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan). Chang San-cheng: Anote Tong: June 2017: June 2017: Song ...
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 ...
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Kiribati List of premiers of the People's Republic of China Term end June 25, 1980: The governments in Beijing and Tarawa established diplomatic relations.
On 17 October 2007, Anote Tong was re-elected as president by a large majority. The opposition boycotted the election due to the exclusion of two opposition candidates, including Tong's brother Harry. [3] In 2016, Taneti Mamau of Tobwaan Kiribati Party took his place as president.
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.
In September 2008, President Anote Tong attended the first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting in Havana. By meeting President Raúl Castro to discuss "mutual friendship and cooperation", he became the first Pacific leader to pay a state visit to Cuba. [81] The two countries signed an agreement on increased cooperation in the field of ...