Edward Natapei

Edward Natapei
Natapei in 2009
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
In office
16 June 2011 – 26 June 2011
Acting
PresidentIolu Abil
Preceded bySato Kilman
Succeeded bySato Kilman
In office
22 September 2008 – 2 December 2010
PresidentKalkot Mataskelekele
Maxime Carlot Korman (Acting)
Iolu Abil
Preceded byHam Lini
Succeeded bySato Kilman
In office
13 April 2001 – 29 July 2004
PresidentJohn Bani
Roger Abiut (Acting)
Alfred Maseng
Roger Abiut (Acting)
Preceded byBarak Sopé
Succeeded bySerge Vohor
Acting President of Vanuatu
In office
2 March 1999 – 24 March 1999
Prime MinisterDonald Kalpokas
Preceded byJean Marie Leye Lenelgau
Succeeded byJohn Bani
Personal details
Born17 July 1954
Died28 July 2015(2015-07-28) (aged 61)
PartyVanua'aku Pati
SpouseLeipaki Natapei
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Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki (17 July 1954 – 28 July 2015) was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly in 1991, the acting president of Vanuatu from 2 March 1999 to 24 March 1999 (during a time in which he was the speaker of Parliament) and the deputy prime minister. He was the president of the Vanua'aku Pati, a socialist, Anglophone political party.