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Cook Islands politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tupou Alfred Faireka is a Cook Islands politician and former deputy leader of the Cook Islands Party. He was an MP for 13 years and served as a Cabinet Minister.
Faireka was first elected to Parliament in 1993, representing the constituency of Tupapa-Maraerenga. He served as Leader of the House in the coalition government of Robert Woonton, before being appointed as a Parliamentary Undersecretary in October 2002.[1] He was appointed to the coalition Cabinet of Jim Marurai as Minister of Justice, Agriculture and Marine Resources in December 2004,[2] but was sacked in September 2005 after a coalition realignment.[3]
In 2006, shortly before the 2006 election, Faireka was elected deputy leader of the Cook Islands Party.[4] He subsequently lost his seat to Democratic Party member John Tangi.[5]
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