Kalkot Mataskelekele [SEP] country of citizenship
Kalkot Mataskelekele
Kalkot Mataskelekele Mauliliu (born 24 April 1949) was a Vanuatuan politician who served as the President of Vanuatu from 16 August 2004 to 16 August 2009.
Biography.
He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne 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.
He was elected
Abil was supported by the government (he was the PM's preference, while the deputy Prime Minister Ham Lini would have preferred to reelect Mataskelekele).
Election Results.
- First round
- Vincent Boulekone – 16 votes
- Kalkot Mataskelekele – 14 votes
- Iolu Abil – 11 votes
- Kalo Nial – 7 votes
- Yvette Sam – 7 votes
- Second round
- Iolu Abil – 26 votes
- Kalkot Mataskelekele – 16 votes
- Vincent Boulekone – 16 votes
- Third round