Vaine Mokoroa
Vaine Makiroa Mokoroa is a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Vaine Mokoroa | |
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Vaine Mokoroa in 2019 | |
Minister of Education | |
Assumed office 4 June 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Henry Puna Mark Brown |
Preceded by | Henry Puna |
Minister of Internal Affairs | |
Assumed office 21 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Albert Nicholas |
Minister of Police | |
In office 21 September 2018 – 4 June 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Henry Puna |
Preceded by | Albert Nicholas |
Succeeded by | Henry Puna |
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Nikao–Panama | |
Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ngamau Munokoa |
Personal details | |
Political party | Cook Islands Party |
Mokoroa has previously worked as a police officer, chief of staff in the office of the Prime Minister, and as acting secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning.[1] He entered parliament in the 2018 elections, winning the seat of Nikao-Panama from Ngamau Munokoa.[2] In September 2018 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Internal Affairs, following the sacking of Albert Nicholas.[3][4] In June 2020 he surrendered his police portfolio and was appointed Education Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.[5]
In the Cabinet reshuffle following the appointment of Mark Brown as Prime Minister his position as Education Minister was confirmed, and he retained all his other Cabinet portfolios.[6]
References
- "Mokoroa takes over at MOIP". Cook Islands News. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Cook Islands cabinet minister sacked". Radio New Zealand International. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Mokoroa pleased with portfolios". Cook Islands News. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- Rashneel Kumar (4 June 2020). "Puna takes on Police portfolio". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- Emmanuel Samoglou and Rashneel Kumar (8 October 2020). "PM takes on 17 portfolios". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 9 October 2020.