Charlot Salwai

Charlot Salwai
Salwai in 2016
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
Assumed office
6 October 2023
PresidentNikenike Vurobaravu
Preceded bySato Kilman
In office
11 February 2016 – 20 April 2020
President
DeputyJotham Napat
Preceded bySato Kilman
Succeeded byBob Loughman
MP for Pentecost
In office
2 May 2002 – 8 October 2021
Succeeded bySumptoh Blaise Tabisurin
Personal details
Born (1963-04-24) 24 April 1963 (age 61)
Pentecost Island, New Hebrides
Political partyReunification Movement for
Change
SpouseMarie-Justine Salwai
Residence(s)Port Vila, Vanuatu
OccupationAccountant
ProfessionPolitician

Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas (born 24 April 1963)[1] is a Vanuatuan politician, former accountant, and political advisor. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu from 2016 to 2020[2] and is the current prime minister following the ousting of Sato Kilman in a vote of no confidence on 6 October 2023.[3] He is the leader of the Reunification of Movements for Change (RMC), which is part of the Unity for Change bloc.

  1. ^ "Hon. Charlot Salwai", Vanuatu Parliament, 20 January 2015
  2. ^ "Charlot Salwai elected Vanuatu PM", Radio New Zealand, 11 February 2016, retrieved 11 February 2016
  3. ^ "Charlot Salwai elected prime minister of Vanuatu", RNZ, 6 October 2023, retrieved 6 October 2023