List of speakers of the Parliament of Vanuatu

The Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu is the presiding officer of the legislature of Vanuatu.[1] The salary of the speaker is Vt 291,561 fortnightly (US$60,601.17 annually)[2]

Name Inaugurated Left office Notes
Fred Timakata 1979 1980
Maxime Carlot Korman July 1980 November 1983
Fred Timakata November 1983 November 1987 Acting President in 1984
Onneyn Tahi December 1987 June 1991 Acting President in 1989
Tele Taun June 1991 August 1991
Vincent Boulekone August 1991 December 1991
Alfred Maseng December 1991 November 1995 Acting President in 1994
Maxime Carlot Korman December 1995 February 1996
Edward Natapei February 1996 November 1999 Acting President in 1999
Paul Ren Tari November 1999 May 2001
Donald Kalpokas May 2001 May 2002
Henry Taga June 2002 December 2003
Roger Abiut December 2003 July 2004 Acting President twice in 2004
Josias Moli July 2004 December 2004 Acting President in 2004
Sam Dan Avock December 2004 September 2008
George Wells September 2008 June 2009
Maxime Carlot Korman June 2009 January 2010 Acting President in 2009
George Wells January 2010 December 2010
Maxime Carlot Korman December 2010 September 2011
Dunstan Hilton September 2011 September 2012
George Wells November 2012 April 2013
Philip Boedoro April 2013 June 2015 Acting President in 2014
Marcellino Pipite June 2015 October 2015
Esmon Saimon 11 February 2016 6 September 2019 Acting President in 2017
Seoule Simeon 6 September 2019 20 April 2020
Gracia Shadrack 20 April 2020 15 June 2021
Seoule Simeon 15 June 2021 18 August 2022 [3]
Seoule Simeon 4 November 2022 Incumbent Acting President in 2022
  1. ^ "Office of the Speaker".
  2. ^ "Official Salaries not something to keep mum about - News - dailypost.vu". 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.
  3. ^ "Vanuatu". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.