Marcellino Pipite
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Marcellino Pipite is a Vanuatuan politician and former school administration, who was first elected to Parliament in 2004. He was the foreign minister of Vanuatu[1] from November 2004 until December 2004, in the government of Serge Vohor. He was previously the minister for comprehensive reform.[2] He lost his position in the cabinet in December 2004 when the Vohor government fell.
Subsequently, he became Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu on June 16, 2015.[3] On October 10, 2015, while serving as acting President, he pardoned himself and 13 other MPs who the Supreme Court had found guilty of bribery on 9 October 2015.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Vanuatu foreign minister's post said "rotated"". Port Vila Presse via BBC. November 16, 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ Keesing's record of world events. Longman. 2004.
- ^ "New Vanuatu government changes speaker". Radio New Zealand International. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ Liam Fox (2015-10-10). "Vanuatu's acting president uses interim executive powers to pardon himself and 13 others convicted of bribery". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
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