Tangariki Reete is an

I-Kiribati The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan. Ethno ...

politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly. She served as a Member of the

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from 2008 until 2020, during which she also served as the first Minister for Women, Youth and Social Affairs from 2013 until 2016. She was elected as the Speaker on 22 May 2020, beating the previous Speaker, becoming the first female Speaker in Kiribati's history. She was born in 1967.

House of Assembly

Member of Parliament

She spent 3 terms as an MP, leaving office after being defeated in the second round of voting by Tebao Awerika in

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. She returned and she was successfully re-elected in 2024 for Betio. She was one of five women elected to the 45 seats of the parliament. The others were

Ruth Cross Kwansing Ruth Maryanne Cross Kwansing (born 6 April 1979) is an I-Kiribati politician who campaigned on South Tarawa as an independent member of parliament in Kiribati in the 2024 election. She then joined the Tobwaan Kiribati Party. She became the Minis ...

, Lavinia Teatao Teem, Ruta Baabo Manate and former opposition leader

Tessie Eria Lambourne Tessie Eria Lambourne (born 14 July 1971) is an I-Kiribati civil servant, diplomat and politician. She has been a member of the House of Assembly (Kiribati), Maneaba ni Maungatabu (Parliament) since April 2020. She was formerly Kiribati's Ambass ...

Speaker

Reete won a parliamentary vote to become Speaker of the House of Assembly on 22 May 2020. She won with 25 votes and defeated incumbent Speaker Tebuai Uaai, who was supported by the

Tobwaan Kiribati Party The Tobwaan Kiribati Party (, TKP) is a political party in Kiribati. History The party was established in January 2016 as a merger of the Maurin Kiribati Party and the United Coalition Party. The two parties had won 19 of the 44 elected seats i ...

Betio Betio is the name of both an island and a township within the Tarawa Atoll, part of the Republic of Kiribati. Betio is the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa, and it is also the country's primary port. Betio is located on ...

MP Ioteba Redfern was sworn in as Deputy Speaker on 23 November 2021.

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