Asterio Appi is a Nauruan politician.

Early life and education

Asterio Appi studied abroad in

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. He graduated from the

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST; ) is a leading public university in Neipu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. NPUST occupies the in all of Taiwan. It was established in April 1924 as the Kaohsiung District Pingtu ...

from the Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation in 2011.

Career

In March 2016, Appi resigned as director of quarantine at the Department of Justice and Border Control. In the 2016 parliamentary election, Appi was elected to represent the

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. He was elected alongside

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. After the election, he served as deputy speaker, under Speaker Cyril Buraman. On 9 August, 2016, Appi was made a caucus member of the

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Working Group. In the 2019 election, Appi was re-elected alongside Martin Hunt. On 28 August, 2019, President

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appointed Appi to four deputy minister positions: Public Service, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Multicultural Affairs, and the Nauru Air Corporation. Appi was again re-elected in the 2022 election. On 29 September, Appi was re-appointed to his previous positions, with the exception of deputy minister for Public Service, and was additionally appointed to as deputy minister to the Eigigu Solutions Corporation and the

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Corporation by President

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. On 22 March, 2023, President Kun revoked his position as deputy minister for Multicultural Affairs.

References

Living people Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Boe District 21st-century Nauruan politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nauru-bio-stub