List of speakers of the Parliament of Vanuatu explained

The Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu is the presiding officer of the legislature of Vanuatu.[1] The salary of the speaker is Vt 291,561 fortnightly (US$60,601.17 annually)[2]

NameInauguratedLeft officeNotes
Fred Timakata19791980
Maxime Carlot KormanJuly 1980November 1983
Fred TimakataNovember 1983November 1987Acting President in 1984
Onneyn TahiDecember 1987June 1991Acting President in 1989
Tele TaunJune 1991August 1991
Vincent BoulekoneAugust 1991December 1991
Alfred MasengDecember 1991November 1995Acting President in 1994
Maxime Carlot KormanDecember 1995February 1996
Edward NatapeiFebruary 1996November 1999Acting President in 1999
Paul Ren TariNovember 1999May 2001
Donald KalpokasMay 2001May 2002
Henry TagaJune 2002December 2003
Roger AbiutDecember 2003July 2004Acting President twice in 2004
Josias MoliJuly 2004December 2004Acting President in 2004
Sam Dan AvockDecember 2004September 2008
George WellsSeptember 2008June 2009
Maxime Carlot KormanJune 2009January 2010Acting President in 2009
George WellsJanuary 2010December 2010
Maxime Carlot KormanDecember 2010September 2011
Dunstan HiltonSeptember 2011September 2012
George WellsNovember 2012April 2013
Philip BoedoroApril 2013June 2015Acting President in 2014
Marcellino PipiteJune 2015October 2015
Esmon Saimon11 February 20166 September 2019Acting President in 2017
Seoule Simeon6 September 201920 April 2020
Gracia Shadrack20 April 202015 June 2021
Seoule Simeon15 June 202118 August 2022[3]
Seoule Simeon4 November 2022IncumbentActing President in 2022

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office of the Speaker.
  2. Web site: Official Salaries not something to keep mum about - News - dailypost.vu. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701173244/http://dailypost.vu/news/official-salaries-not-something-to-keep-mum-about/article_9d406d7a-8914-5dff-bdda-2856e950019f.html. 2017-07-01. 1 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Vanuatu . Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform . en . 5 July 2018.