Esmon Saimon

Esmon Saimon (born October 28, 1955 in Malakula ) is a politician of the Vanuaaku Pati (VP) in Vanuatu , who has been speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu since February 11, 2016 and acting president between June 17 and July 6, 2017 from Vanuatu was.

Life

Saimon completed his education from 1964 to 1969 at the South West Bay Primary School and then from 1970 to 1974 at the Laindua Primary School in Malekula and was later secretary of the South West Bay Cooperative Society between 1978 and 1982 . After he made between 1983 and 1998 with a private trade and fishing companies own and engaged 1992-1996 politically as a member of the Assembly of the Province Malampa .

In 1998, Saimon was elected member of the Vanuatu Parliament for the first time and, after his re-elections in 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, he represents the constituency of Malekula . On July 19, 2004, he became Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament. In the government of Prime Minister Edward Fanua'ariki , he became Minister for Enterprises and Cooperatives on September 22, 2008 and served again as Minister for Enterprises between February 18 and May 17, 2011.

On May 23, 2013, he took over the post of Minister for Infrastructure and Public Works in the government of Prime Minister Joe Natuman , but lost this position a month later on June 11, 2015 when Natuman's term of office ended. On May 3, 2014, he became a member of the Committee for Reviewing the Rules of Procedure. He has been Speaker of Parliament since February 11, 2016 . After Baldwin Lonsdale's death on June 17, 2017, he was appointed President of the Parliament as acting President of Vanuatu and held this office until Tallis Obed Moses was elected on July 6, 2017.

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the Vanuatu Parliament website
• Entry in rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vanuatu: June 17, 2017 (rulers, org)
2. ↑ Vanuatu: July 3, 2017 (rulers.org)
3. ↑ Vanuatu: Presidents (rulers.org)