Esmon Saimon

Esmon Esai Saimon
Saimon in 2018
Speaker of the Parliament
In office
11 February 2016 – 6 September 2019
Preceded byMarcellino Pipite
Succeeded bySeoule Simeon
Acting President of Vanuatu
In office
17 June 2017 – 6 July 2017
Prime MinisterCharlot Salwai
Preceded byBaldwin Lonsdale
Succeeded byTallis Obed Moses
Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities
In office
23 March 2013 – 11 June 2015
Prime MinisterMoana Carcasses Kalosil
Joe Natuman
Preceded byTony Nari
Succeeded byTony Nari
Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development
In office
13 May 2011 – 17 May 2011
Prime MinisterSato Kilman
Preceded byPaul Telukluk
Succeeded byDon Ken
In office
18 February 2011 – 24 April 2011
Prime MinisterSato Kilman
Preceded byRalph Regenvanu
Succeeded byPaul Telukluk
Personal details
Born (1955-10-28) 28 October 1955 (age 69)
Malakula, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu)
Political partyMelanesian Progressive Party

Esmon Esai Saimon, also referred to as Esmon Sae (born 28 October 1955),[1][2][3] is a Vanuatuan politician. From 11 February 2016 to 6 September 2019 he was Speaker of the Parliament, and in that role from 17 June 2017 to 6 July 2017 served as the acting president of Vanuatu upon the death of Baldwin Lonsdale.[4]

  1. ^ HON. ESMON SAIMON
  2. ^ "Vanuatu PM wants constitution amended", Pacific Islands News Association, February 21, 2011
  3. ^ "31 MPs vote for pay rise" Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Daily Post, November 23, 2010
  4. ^ "Vanuatu President dies". The Vanuatu Independent. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.