Te-Hani Brown
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Te-Hani Rose Alexandra Brown (born 16 March 1996) is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is an independent.
Te-Hani Brown | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Tengatangi–Areora–Ngatiarua | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Nandi Glassie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1996 Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| Political party | Independent |
Career
Te-Hani Brown was born in 1996 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.[1] Brown is the daughter of MP Rose Toki-Brown.[2] She was first elected to parliament as a candidate for the Cook Islands Democratic Party in the 2018 election,[3] defeating Nandi Glassie. At age 22, she was the youngest MP in the Pacific region.[4]
In January 2019 Brown resigned from the Democratic party to support the government of Henry Puna.[5] Anti-party hopping laws forced her to resign from parliament. She contested the subsequent by-election as an independent, and was re-elected,[6] but resigned the seat again just two weeks later when an electoral petition was filed.[7] She contested a second by-election in November 2019 and was re-elected for a third time.[8]
Following the election of Mark Brown as Prime Minister she was appointed Associate Minister of Internal Affairs and Health.[9]
She was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election[10] and continued her support for Mark Brown.[11]
References
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