Pukeiti Pukeiti
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Pukeiti Pukeiti is a Cook Islands
politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party
. He represents the electorate of Tamarua
.
Pukeiti was elected to Parliament in the 2009 Tamarua by-election
following the death of MP Mii Parima
. He was re-elected at the 2010 election
.
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
Parliament of the Cook Islands
The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand colonial rule, it became the national legislature on independence in 1965....
. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party
Cook Islands Party
The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....
. He represents the electorate of Tamarua
Tamarua (Cook Islands electorate)
Tamarua is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Pukeiti Pukeiti, who has held the seat since 2009....
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Pukeiti was elected to Parliament in the 2009 Tamarua by-election
Tamarua by-election 2009
The Tamarua by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands electorate of Tamarua. It was held on 3 february 2009, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP Mii Parima.The by-election was won by the Cook Islands Party's Pukeiti Pukeiti....
following the death of MP Mii Parima
Mii Parima
Mii Parima was a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party....
. He was re-elected at the 2010 election
Cook Islands general election, 2010
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 17 November 2010 in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The elections were won by the Cook Islands Party, which won 16 of the 24 seats...
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