Tekarei Russell Explained

Tekarei Russell
Office:Minister for Health and Family Planning of Kiribati
Term Start:1975
Term End:1977
Constituency Mp5:South Tarawa
Term Start5:1971
Term End5:1977

Tekarei Tibwere Russell (born 1937) is a former Gilbertese politician.[1]

As a child, she attended Elaine Bernacchi School. She later became a secondary school teacher in 1959, in Bikenibeu. Russell became the first woman to be elected to the Legislative Council of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony, when she was elected MP for South Tarawa (the capital city) in 1971.[2] Re-elected in 1975, she was appointed Minister for Health and Family Planning serving from 1975 to 1977; she later retired from politics and returned to teaching. She was awarded the Pride of Kiribati medal.[1]

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  1. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/21118/1/poster_profiles_set_TTPF.pdf "Pacific Islands History"
  2. Web site: 42(5) Pacific Islands Monthly . New-look Gilbert and Ellice politics may spark ailing public interest. 1 May 1971. 2 October 2021.