Iolu Abil

Iolu Abil (2010)

Iolu Johnson Abil (* 1942 in Lauaneai on Tanna ) is a Vanuatu politician and former President of the Republic of Vanuatu .

Iolu Abil, also Iolu Abbil , worked for the British colonial administration from 1964. After Vanuatu was granted independence in 1980, he was Minister (Ministry of Lands) from 1980 to 1984. Later he went into the private sector.

On September 2, 2009, he was elected president by an electoral committee consisting of 52 members of parliament and the 6 presidents of the provincial parliaments in the third ballot to succeed Kalkot Mataskelekele and was sworn in on the same day. He held this office until September 2, 2014, before being replaced by interim president Philip Boedoro and President Baldwin Lonsdale , who has been in office since September 22, 2014 .

literature

• Daniel Bangtor Aaron, Brian Macdonald-Milne, Pamela Thomas (Eds.): Yumi Stanap. Leaders and Leadership in a New Nation. Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of South Pacific and Lotu Pasifika Productions, Suva, Fiji 1981, pp. 62–64 ( online )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iolu Abbil elected as Vanuatu's new president , People's Daily Online September 2, 2009. Retrieved on October 5, 2014 (English).
2. ^ Vanuatu President calls for unity and peace , Radio New Zealand International, September 23, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
3. ↑ Baldwin Lonsdale sworn in as Vanuatu's new president , china.org.cn , Xinhua, September 22, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014 (English).