Tekeeua Tarati | |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1971 |
Birth Place: | Tamana, Kiribati |
Office: | Member of the House of Assembly |
Term Start: | March 2019 |
Predecessor: | Matiota Kairo |
Constituency: | Tamana |
Office2: | Ministry of Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism Development |
Term Start2: | 11 July 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Willie Tokataake |
Party: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
Tekeeua Tarati (born 12 April 1971 in Tamana) is an I-Kiribati politician and entrepreneur, Minister for Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism development since July 2020.[1]
Managing Director of Triple Tee Enterprises (TTT), between 2006 and 2018 he served the Kiribati Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) as Secretary, Vice-President and President (2012-2016), for maximum terms.[2] [3] When Matiota Kairo, the MP for Tamana, resigned in November 2018 for medical reasons, Tarati ran for by-election and was elected in March 2019 at the Maneaba ni Maungatabu. He joined the ruling Tobwaan Kiribati Party (TKP).
In 2020, he was re-elected with more than 86% of votes. He was then nominated as chairman of TKP until the presidential election of 22 June 2020.[4] He was one of four MPs elected unopposed in 2024.[5]