Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Prime Minister of Vanuatu from 2013 to 2014 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moana Carcasses Kalosil (born 27 January 1963[1]) is a Vanuatuan politician. He was Prime Minister of Vanuatu from March 2013 to May 2014. He was the first naturalized citizen of Vanuatu to become the country's prime minister.[2][3]
In this ni-Vanuatu name, the surname is Carcasses, and the traditional name is Kalosil.
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Moana Carcasses Kalosil | |
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Prime Minister of Vanuatu | |
In office 23 March 2013 ā 15 May 2014 | |
President | Iolu Abil |
Preceded by | Sato Kilman |
Succeeded by | Joe Natuman |
Personal details | |
Born | (1963-01-27) 27 January 1963 (age 61) Taravao, French Polynesia |
Political party | Green Confederation |
Spouse | Marie Louise Milne |
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Carcasses was ousted as prime minister in 2014 in a motion of no-confidence, but returned to government in 2015 as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Sato Kilman.[4] In October 2015, Carcasses and 13 of his fellow government MPs were imprisoned for bribery after the Vanuatu Supreme Court found that Carcasses had offered loans to the other MPs to gain their support in a motion of no-confidence while in Opposition.[5][6]