Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
Namson Tran | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament |
Primeminister: | Danny Philip |
Term Start: | 8 September 2010 |
Term End: | 6 December 2011 |
Successor: | Job Dudley Tausinga |
Constituency Mp5: | West Honiara |
Term Start5: | 4 August 2010 |
Predecessor5: | Isaac Inoke Tosika |
Birth Date: | 1968 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Vietnam |
Party: | Independent |
Namson Tran (born 3 December 1968[1] in Vietnam[2]) is a Solomon Islands businessman and politician.
Born in Vietnam, Tran moved first to Vanuatu then to Solomon Islands, where he married a Solomon Islander and became a naturalised citizen.[3]
He worked as an accountant before becoming "a high-profile businessman", the owner of Honiara Casino, the "biggest casino" in the Solomons.[4] [5]
His political career began when he was elected to the National Parliament as MP for West Honiara, a constituency in the capital city, Honiara, in the August 2010 general election.[6] He was elected as an independent, being a member of no political party.[7] The following month, he was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament, as deputy to Speaker Sir Allan Kemakeza.[8] He resigned from the deputy speakership at the start of December 2011.[9]