Maki Simelum

Maki Simelum
MP
Minister for Finance
In office
10 May 2013 – 11 June 2015
Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Joe Natuman
Preceded by Willie Jimmy
Succeeded by Willie Jimmy
Minister for Justice and Social Welfare
In office
23 March 2013 – 10 May 2013
Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Preceded by Thomas Laken
Succeeded by Silas Yatan
Member of Parliament
for Ambrym
Assumed office
30 October 2012
Personal details
Political party Vanua'aku Pati

Maki Stanley Simelum, born 3 March 1972,[1] is a ni-Vanuatu politician.

After a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 1990, he became the finance manager of the National Bank of Vanuatu in 1992. He obtained a Masters degree in Business Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney, in 1999. In 2001 he became CEO of the Asset Management Unit, a public agency working with the National Bank.[1]

In the general election on 30 October 2012, he was elected to Parliament for the first time, as MP for Ambrym, representing the Vanua'aku Pati.[1] On 23 March 2013, following Sato Kilman's resignation, Parliament elected Moana Carcasses Kalosil as Prime Minister. Carcasses appointed Simelum as his Minister for Justice and Social Welfare.[2] In May, Carcasses sacked his Finance Minister, Willie Jimmy, "amid reports the veteran politician was in talks with the opposition about a possible defection", which Jimmy denied. Simelum replaced him, while Silas Yatan (Greens MP for Tanna) was given the Justice portfolio.[3]

Like other members of the Vanua'aku Pati, he crossed the floor on 15 May 2014 to help bring down the Carcasses government. New Prime Minister Joe Natuman maintained Simelum at his post as Minister for Finance.[4] He lost office on 11 June 2015 when the Natuman government was ousted in a motion of no confidence.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Biography on the parliamentary website
  2. ↑ "Nation's interest first: Carcasses", Vanuatu Daily Post, 26 mars 2013
  3. ↑ "Sacked Vanuatu Finance Minister feels betrayed by PM", Radio New Zealand International, 10 May 2013
  4. ↑ "Natuman names cabinet line-up", Vanuatu Digest, 16 May 2014
  5. ↑ "Vanuatu announces new cabinet after new prime minister Sato Kilman is elected", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 June 2015
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