Willie Tokataake Explained

Willie Tokataake
Birth Place:Abemama
Office:Member of the House of Assembly
Term Start:1994
Term End:2024
Predecessor:Baitongo Taburimai
Successor:Tokaibure Rabaua
Constituency:Abemama
Office2:Ministry of Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism Development
Term Start2:2016
Term End2:11 July 2020
Predecessor2:Rimeta Beniamina
Successor2:Tekeeua Tarati
Office3:Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy
Term Start3:2 July 2020
Predecessor3:Ruateki Tekaiara
Party:United Coalition Party
Tobwaan Kiribati Party

Willie Tokataake is an I-Kiribati politician.

Early life

Born in Abemama, Willie Tokataake is related to the island's royal family, which is now purely ceremonial. He attended the Marine Training Centre on Tarawa before joining the crew of a German freighter, an experience he profoundly disliked. After two years, Tokataake returned to Abemama and married.[1] [2]

Tokataake was Minister of Education, Science and Technology in President Teburoro Tito’s cabinet from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister for Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism development until from 2016 to 2020.[3] [4]

On 2 July 2020, Tokataake was sworn in as Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy as part of President Taneti Maamau's cabinet.[5] He was not re-elected in the 2024 Kiribati parliamentary elections.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clarke, Thurston . Thurston Clarke . Equator: A Journey . 1990 . . 0380708558 . 373374.
  2. Book: Pamela, Stephenson . Pamela Stephenson . Treasure Islands: Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson . 2005 . . 0755312856 . 28586.
  3. https://nukualofatimes.tbu.to/2020/07/02/kiribati-new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in/
  4. https://www.rnz.co.nz/article/fee3625b-65d5-43bd-a02d-a93ea0fb964d
  5. Web site: 3 July 2020 . Kiribati cabinet sworn in . 11 August 2024 . . en-nz.