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26 April - Australian-born High Court justice David Lambourne is ordered deported from Kiribati following a long-running legal battle with the latter's government. [1] He voluntarily leaves the country on 16 May. [2] 14 August - 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election (first round): Kiribati islanders vote for the 45 members of the House of ...
A total of 114 people ran in the election, of which 18 were women. [9] Out of the 44 seats to be contested, four candidates were declared elected unopposed at the close of nominations on 24 July 2024 - Tinian Reiher and Alexander Teabo from Butaritari, Bootii Nauan from South Tabiteuea and Tekeeua Tarati from Tamana. [9]
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Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 25 October 2024, [1] [2] following parliamentary elections in August. Incumbent President Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party was re-elected with about 55% of the vote to Kaotitaake Kokoria's 42%. [3] His inauguration took place on 1 November 2024. [4]
By 2022, he was the Senior Assistant Secretary in the MCIA. [4] In 2024, Kaotitaake ran for election to the House of Assembly to represent Tabuaeran, and won one of two seats (along with Matanga Aran), receiving 665 votes. [5] [6] He ran as a member of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party (TKP) which won a supermajority in the legislature. [7]
Elections in Kiribati are held every 4 years or, earlier, after a no confidence vote. They consist in the national elections of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu from whom is then elected the Beretitenti, shortly after, by the people. They are also local elections of the Councils (one council in each inhabited island and 3 councils in Tarawa).
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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kiribati. 20 January – The country announces a curfew and mandatory face masks after 36 passengers on a charter flight from Fiji test positive for COVID-19 upon arrival. The plane was the first international commercial flight to land in the country since March 2020. Kiribati reopened its borders on January 10. [1]