John Bennett Bani

John Bennett Bani (* 1. July 1941 on the Pentecost Island , New Hebrides ) is a vanuatuischer Anglican priests and politicians of Vanua'aku Pati (VP), of up to 24 March 2004 of 25 March 1999 President of Vanuatu was .

Life

Bani, an Anglican priest , began his political commitment in the 1970s when he formed the New Hebridean Cultural Association (NHCA), which was still part of the New Hebrides National Party in 1971, together with the also Anglican clergy Walter Hadye Lini and Donald Kalpokas (NHNP) and finally in 1977 the current name Vanua'aku Pati (VP) was given. The three were involved within the VP for the independence of the New Hebrides from France and the United Kingdom , which finally took place on July 30, 1980.

In the first ballot for the election of a new president in the Vanuatu Parliament on March 17, 1999, none of the candidates received the necessary two-thirds majority of the electoral college, which consisted of the 49 members of parliament and the heads of the provincial councils of the six provinces of Vanuatu . While candidate Hosea Bani, backed by Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas' government , received 28 votes, opposition candidate Hary Tevi received 22 votes. In a second ballot, John Bennett Bani received 43 votes and thus the necessary two-thirds majority. Only the National United Party (NUP), founded in 1991 by Walter Hadye Lini, who died shortly before the election on February 21, 1999 and now led by his brother Ham Lini , voted against Bani. He held the office of president until the end of his term of office on March 24, 2004, after which the speaker of the parliament Roger Tom Abiut took over this office provisionally, before a new president with Alfred Maseng Nalo was elected on April 12, 2004 .

Web links

• Entry in rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vanuatu: March 17, 1999 (rulers.org)
2. ↑ Vanuatu: Presidents (rulers.org)
3. ↑ Vanuatu: March 24, 2004 (rulers.org)
4. ↑ Vanuatu: April 7, 2004