Aaron Stein Cook is a

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an politician.

Career

Cook unsuccessfully ran to represent the Aiwo Constituency in the

parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.

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, as well as

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and June 2010. In 2009, Cook was elected as president of the Nauru Weightlifting Federation. Cook was first elected to parliament in 2013 election, where he unseated Parliament Speaker

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. Cook was appointed by President

Baron Waqa Baron Divavesi Waqa (; born 31 December 1959) is a Nauruan politician who was the 14th President of Nauru from 11 June 2013 until 27 August 2019. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2004 to 2007. Political role Waqa was elected in ...

as Minister for Commerce, Industry & Environment,

RONPhos The Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation (RONPhos) is a government-owned company controlling phosphate mining in Nauru. The company was previously known as the Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC). Failed investments In the early years of th ...

, and the

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. In parliament, he served on both the Library Committee and the Printing Committee. Cook was re-elected in the

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. Waqa again gave him ministerial appointments, as Minister for RONPhos, the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation, and the Nauru Utilities Corporation. Cook failed to be re-elected in the 2019 election. Cook again unsuccessfully ran in the 2022 election. In August 2020, businessman Mozammil Gulamabbas Bhojani was convicted by an Australian court of bribing two Nauruan officials, Cook (in his capacity as minister for RONPhos) and RONPhos Chairman Trevor Bernicke, in exchange for favorable phosphate contracts between 2015 and 2017.

Personal life

On 18 July 1981, Cook married Corina Shra Detudamo of the

Uaboe District Uaboe (also known as Waboe) is a district in the island nation of Nauru, located in the northwest of the island. Geography Covering about 0.8 km², Uaboe has a population of 330. Uaboe is the second-smallest district in Nauru. It is the only ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Aaron Living people Government ministers of Nauru Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Aiwo District 21st-century Nauruan politicians Year of birth missing (living people)