Charmaine Scotty

Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty^[1] is a Nauruan politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Yaren since 2013. She was a cabinet minister from 2013^[2] to 2019.^[3]

The Honourable Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty MP
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Yaren
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2013
Preceded by	Dominic Tabuna
Majority	10.1% (116 votes)
Personal details
Nationality	Nauruan

Biography

Overview

She exercised a career in the highest levels of public service, culminating as Permanent Secretary successively in the ministries of Health, Home Affairs and Justice.^[1] She stood unsuccessfully as a candidate to Parliament in the 2010 general elections, then was elected Member of Parliament for Yaren (the de facto capital) in the June 2013 general election. The Yaren constituency elects two MPs; Scotty came first, ahead of medical doctor, former Cabinet minister and veteran politician Kieren Keke, who retained the second seat. The other incumbent, Dominic Tabuna, was thus defeated.^[1] As there are no political parties in Nauru, Scotty sits as an independent. Her election made history: she is only the second woman in Nauruan history to be elected to Parliament, following Ruby Dediya (who was MP from 1986 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1997).^[1]

Cabinet Minister

Following her election to Parliament, Mrs. Scotty was appointed by newly elected President Baron Waqa to serve in his administration as Minister for Home Affairs, Education, Youth, and Land Management.^[2]

After President David Adeang was sworn in on 31 October 2023, Scotty was made Minister Health, Internal Affairs, Women's and Social Development Affairs, People living with Disability, and the Naoero Museum and Tourism.^[4]

Relations

Charmaine Scotty's husband is the cousin of Ludwig Scotty, former President of Nauru and fellow MP in the 2013 Parliament.^[5]

See also

• Ruby Thoma#Historic significance of role

References

1. "Ms Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty elected in Nauru's Yaren Constituency!" Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Pacific Women in Politics, 9 June 2013
2. "President Waqa names his cabinet" Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Nauru government, 13 June 2013
3. "All new Cabinet named by Nauru President Aingimea". Loop Nauru. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
4. "Nauru's President Adeang sworn in, names his Cabinet". RNZ. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
5. "Nauru gets second woman MP, first in nearly 30 years", Radio New Zealand International, 10 June 2013