 edward nipake natapei"vohor is candidate for pm: natapei", vanuatu daily post, june 18, 2011 tuta fanua`araki (born 17 july 1954) is a politician from vanuatu. he was elected prime minister of vanuatu on two separate terms, and was previously the minister of foreign affairs briefly in 1991, the acting president of vanuatu from 2 march 1999 to 24 march 1999 (during a time in which he was the speaker of parliament), and deputy prime minister. he is the president of the vanua'aku pati, a socialist, anglophone political party. ==politics== natapei was first elected to parliament in 1983. in 1996, he was elected as speaker of parliament, and in 1999 he was elected as president of vanua'aku pati."biographies of speakers: pacific 2020 conference", ausaid. in a parliamentary vote on 25 november 1999, natapei was a candidate for the position of prime minister, but was defeated by barak sopÃ©, receiving 24 votes against 28 for sope."nov 1999 - new government", keesing's record of world events, volume 45, november, 1999 vanuatu, page 43269. when sopÃ© lost a vote of no confidence, natapei became prime minister on 13 april 2001, receiving 27 votes in parliament, with one vote against him."apr 2001 - new government", keesing's record of world events, volume 47, april, 2001 vanuatu, page 44111. he retained the position after the may 2002 election."may 2002 - legislative elections", keesing's record of world events, volume 48, may, 2002 vanuatu, page 44795. even though his party performed poorly in the july 2004 election, he was re-elec
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