Kalkot Mataskelekele

Kalkot Mataskelekele
Kalkot Mataskelekele
Kalkot Mataskelekele in 2009
6th President of Vanuatu
In office
16 August 2004 – 16 August 2009
Prime Minister Edward Natapei
Serge Vohor
Ham Lini
Edward Natapei
Preceded by Josias Moli (Acting)
Succeeded by Maxime Carlot Korman (Acting)
Personal details
Born 1949
Political party National United Party
Spouse(s) Hanson Mataskelekele

Kalkot Mataskelekele Mauliliu (born 1949) was President of Vanuatu from 16 August 2004 to 16 August 2009.

He was educated at Scotch College Melbourne[1] the University of Papua New Guinea. He is a lawyer from the national capital, Port Vila, and is the first Head of State of Vanuatu to have a university degree. Mataskelekele had previously served as Vanuatu's first indigenous Solicitor General and a former Supreme Court justice.[2]

He was elected by the electoral college, which consists of the Parliament and regional Presidents, on 16 August 2004, and sworn in the same day.

He had previously been a candidate in the presidential election of April 2004, and was backed by the government of Edward Natapei. However, after several inconclusive rounds in the electoral college, he was defeated by Alfred Maseng. After the impeachment of Maseng and a parliamentary election, a new election was held on 12 August 2004, which was inconclusive and was continued on 16 August. Though Kalkot was widely expected to win, there were many other candidates, and he faced tough opposition from Willie David Saul and former Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas. In the final round of voting, Kalkot defeated Saul by a vote of 49 to 7.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Josias Moli
Acting
President of Vanuatu
2004–2009
Succeeded by
Maxime Carlot Korman
Acting



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