| Willie Tokataake | |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Abemama |
| Office: | Speaker of the House of Assembly |
| Term Start: | 13 September 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Tangariki Reete |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 1994 |
| Term End1: | 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Baitongo Taburimai |
| Successor1: | Tokaibure Rabaua |
| Constituency1: | 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 and current Speaker of the House of Assembly.
He was born on 25 May 1956[1] 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.[2] [3]
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.[4] [5]
On 2 July 2020, Tokataake was sworn in as Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy as part of President Taneti Maamau's cabinet.[6] He was not re-elected in the 2024 Kiribati parliamentary elections. However, he was nominated and elected as the sole candidate for the Speaker of the House of Assembly.[7]