Vaine Mokoroa Explained

Office11:Minister of Justice
Term Start11:2 June 2021
Primeminister11:Mark Brown
Predecessor11:Rose Toki-Brown
Office12:Minister of Education
Term Start12:4 June 2020
Primeminister12:Henry Puna
Mark Brown
Predecessor12:Henry Puna
Office13:Minister of Internal Affairs
Term Start13:21 September 2018
Term End13:2 June 2021
Predecessor13:Albert Nicholas
Successor13:Rose Toki-Brown
Office14:Minister of Police
Primeminister14:Henry Puna
Term Start14:21 September 2018
Term End14:4 June 2020
Predecessor14:Albert Nicholas
Successor14:Henry Puna
Constituency Mp15:Nikao–Panama
Parliament15:Cook Islands
Term Start15:14 June 2018
Predecessor15:Ngamau Munokoa
Birth Date:28 December 1966
Birth Place:Atiu, Cook Islands
Party:Cook Islands Party
Alma Mater:University of the South Pacific

Vaine Makiroa Mokoroa (born 28 December 1966) is a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Career

Mokoroa was born in 1966 in Atiu.[1] He has previously worked as a police officer, chief of staff in the office of the Prime Minister, and as acting secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning.[2] He entered parliament in the 2018 elections, winning the seat of Nikao–Panama from Ngamau Munokoa.[3] In September 2018 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Internal Affairs, following the sacking of Albert Nicholas.[4] [5] In June 2020 he surrendered his police portfolio and was appointed Education Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.[6]

In the Cabinet reshuffle following the appointment of Mark Brown as Prime Minister his position as Education Minister was confirmed, and he retained all his other Cabinet portfolios.[7] A further reshuffle in June 2021 saw him swap his Internal Affairs portfolio for Justice.[8]

He was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Vaine Makiroa MOKOROA . Parliament of the Cook Islands . 11 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Mokoroa takes over at MOIP . Cook Islands News . 4 December 2012 . 19 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018 . Cook Islands Ministry of Justice . 14 June 2018 . 19 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Cook Islands cabinet minister sacked . Radio New Zealand International . 21 September 2018 . 19 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Mokoroa pleased with portfolios . Cook Islands News . 20 September 2018 . 19 October 2018.
  6. Web site: Puna takes on Police portfolio . Cook Islands News . Rashneel Kumar . 4 June 2020 . 5 June 2020.
  7. Web site: PM takes on 17 portfolios . Cook Islands News . Emmanuel Samoglou and Rashneel Kumar . 8 October 2020 . 9 October 2020.
  8. Web site: PM announces Cabinet reshuffle . Rashneel Kumar . Cook Islands News . 3 June 2021 . 5 June 2021.
  9. Web site: WARRANT DECLARING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE . Cook Islands Gazette . 11 August 2022 . 13 August 2022.