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Ieremia Tabai

Kiribati politician · Kiribati · On the map · Politicians · Born 1949 · age 76

Ieremia Tienang Tabai is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the first president of Kiribati from 1979 to 1991. He previously served in the equivalent role, chief minister, under the colonial government from 1978 to 1979.

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2016Named Member of the House of Assembly of KiribatiOffice7 January 2016 to 5 February 20201996Honorary Officer of the Order of AustraliaAward1990Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of WellingtonAward1983Named President of KiribatiOffice18 February 1983 to 4 July 19911979Named President of KiribatiOffice12 July 1979 to 10 December 19821949Born16 December 1949

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Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia1996
Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of Wellington1990
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Kiribati Grand Order

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Tabai returned to the House of Assembly in 1998 and represented Nonouti as of his re-election in 2024.

Country
Kiribati
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Living
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Born 1949 · age 76