Tallis Obed Moses

Tallis Obed Moses

Tallis Obed Moses (* 24. October 1954 in Port Vato , Ambrym , New Hebrides ) is a vanuatuischer clergyman of the World Alliance of Reformed belonging Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu and politicians , who since July 6, 2017 President of Vanuatu is.

Life

Moses, who comes from the island of Ambrym , worked as a teacher after attending school and completed his first studies in 1978 at the Tangoa Bible Institute in South Santo and later between 1980 and 1981 at the Sydney Missionary and Bible College (SMBC), which he completed with a religion - and completed a missionary diploma. A subsequent study on Talua Theological Training Institute , he graduated in 1985 with a theology diploma and took over in 1987 his first position as pastor of the church of the reforming World Federation belonging Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu on the province of Tafea belonging island Erromango . During this time he obtained a certificate from Alan Walker College of Evangelism (AWCE) in Sydney in 1989 and was then pastor of the Ranon congregation on his native island of Ambrym between 1990 and 1996, where he was also the head of the local congregations (Ambrym Presbytery Clerk). was chosen. In 1996 he then became pastor of the Centenary Church in Luganville , the second largest city of Vanuatu and the capital of the province of Sanma, and later took on one of the highest positions within the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu as a so-called "moderator" in the parish of Port Vila , the capital of Vanuatu .

In the first ballot for the election of a new president in the Vanuatu Parliament on July 3, 2017, former Prime Minister Maxime Carlot Korman received nine votes from the electoral college, while Lui Patu Lavuko and Solomon Lawrence each received six votes. In the second ballot on July 5, 2017, Tallis Obed Moses received 27 votes and Maxime Carlot Korman received 14 votes. In the third ballot, also held on July 5, 2017, Moses received 32 votes and Carlot Korman received 23 votes. In the fourth ballot on July 6, 2017, Moses achieved the necessary two-thirds majority of the electoral college with 39 votes ahead of Carlot Korman (17 votes) . He was thus elected President and took his oath of office on the same day.

Web links

• Entry in rulers.org
• Everything you need to know about Vanuatu's new president . In: YTS News from July 6, 2017
• Tallis Obed Moses named as new Vanuatu president . In: Radio New Zealand (RNZ) of July 6, 2017
• Tallis Obed Moses: Presbyterian pastor sworn in as Vanuatu's new President . In: ABC News of July 6, 2017
• Obed Moses Tallis Is Vanuatu's New President . In: Pacific Islands Report of July 7, 2017

Individual evidence

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