Kitai Manuela Teinakore (born 23 October 1957) is a

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

politician and former member of the

Cook Islands Parliament The Parliament of the Cook Islands () is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand administration, it became the national legislature upon independence in 1965. The Parliament consists of 24 members dir ...

. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party. Teinakore was born on

Aitutaki Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...

and educated at Araura School, Vaitau School, and Aitutaki Junior High School. He worked as a public servant for the Ministry of Agriculture. He was first elected at the

2018 Cook Islands general election General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 14 June 2018 to elect the 24 members of the 17th Cook Islands Parliament. The nationalist Cook Islands Party, led by the Prime Minister, Henry Puna, attempted to win a third consecutive term in ...

, defeating the

Cook Islands Party The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the islands' politics since 1965. From 1999 until 2005 it sometimes ...

's Moana Ioane. In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson for the Ombudsman, House of Ariki and the Koutu Nui. He lost his seat in the

2022 Cook Islands general election The 2022 Cook Islands general election was held on 1 August 2022 to determine the composition of the 18th Parliament of the Cook Islands. A referendum on legalising medical cannabis was held on the same day. Background In the 2018 general e ...

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Living people 1957 births category:People from Aitutaki category:Cook Island civil servants Members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands Democratic Party (Cook Islands) politicians {{CookIslands-politician-stub