Philip Morris Boedoro | |
Office: | Acting President of Vanuatu |
Primeminister: | Joe Natuman |
Term Start: | 3 September 2014 |
Term End: | 22 September 2014 |
Predecessor: | Iolu Abil |
Successor: | Baldwin Lonsdale |
Office2: | Speaker of the Parliament |
Term Start2: | 6 April 2013 |
Term End2: | 16 June 2015 |
Predecessor2: | George Wells |
Successor2: | Marcellino Pipite |
Office3: | Member of the Parliament |
Constituency3: | Maewo |
Term Start3: | 2008 |
Term End3: | 2016 |
Constituency4: | Maewo |
Term Start4: | 2002 |
Term End4: | 2004 |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1958 |
Party: | Vanua'aku Pati |
Philip Morris Boedoro (born 21 May 1958) is a Vanuatuan politician.
He was first elected to the parliament of Vanuatu in 2002 as a representative of Maewo.[1] He returned to the legislature in 2008, and was reelected in 2012. From April 2013 to June 2015, Boedoro served as speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu.[2] He was acting president of Vanuatu in September 2014.[3] In his capacity as speaker, Boedoro dismissed sixteen parliamentarians, all of whom filed a lawsuit against him. Boedoro's appeal of the case was dismissed in May 2015.[4]