George Angene
George Angene | |
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![]() George Angene in 2019 | |
Minister of Cultural Development and House of Ariki | |
Assumed office 10 July 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Henry Puna |
Preceded by | Teariki Heather |
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Tupapa–Maraerenga | |
Assumed office 17 November 2010 | |
Preceded by | John Tangi |
Personal details | |
Political party | One Cook Islands Movement |
George Maggie Angene is a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a former member of the Cook Islands Party, and is now a member of the One Cook Islands Movement.
Angene was born in Tupapa Rarotonga and attended a local primary school, but received no secondary education.[1] He is a former criminal who has served time in prison and describes himself as "one of the biggest criminals on Rarotonga".[2] He became infamous in Rarotonga when he in 1992 set fire to the building block encompassing Ministry of Justice, Cook Islands Post Office and Telecom which were all badly damaged. Angene was sentenced to 13 years jail for arson but was paroled and released in 1999. He learned new skills in prison and converted to Christianity.[1]
He was selected as Cook Islands Party candidate for Tupapa–Maraerenga in a public runoff,[2] and subsequently won the seat in the 2010 election.
In May 2014 Angene was expelled from the CIP after publicly refusing to back the party's position on superannuation.[3] He stood instead for the One Cook Islands Movement and was re-elected in the 2014 election. He was re-elected again at the 2018 election.[4] Following the election he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Corrective Services, Culture, Business Trade and Investment Board and the House of Ariki.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Election candidates explain their aims". Cook Islands News. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Bad boy bolts in". Cook Islands News. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ "Cook Islands MP sacked for not supporting taxing pensioners". RNZ. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Brown DPM in new cabinet". Cook Islands News. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- Living people
- Members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands
- Cook Islands Party politicians
- One Cook Islands Movement politicians
- Cook Island prisoners and detainees
- Prisoners and detainees of the Cook Islands
- People from Rarotonga
- People convicted of arson
- Cook Island criminals
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