  moana carcasses kalosil (born 27 january 1963) is a politician in vanuatu. he has been prime minister of vanuatu since 23 march 2013. he is the first naturalized citizen of vanuatu to become the country's prime minister. ==biography== moana carcasses was born on 27 january 1963 in taravao, tahiti, french polynesia. his mother was ethnically tahitian. his french father was originally from the region surrounding carcassonne in southern france. ===political career=== he served as foreign minister under prime minister edward natapei from 2003 to 2004.parliament of vanuatu - seventh legislature following parliamentary elections, he became finance minister on 28 july 2004 under prime minister serge vohor. he kept the post of finance minister when ham lini became prime minister later in 2004. he remained in that position until 14 november 2005 when he was sacked by lini for unclear reasons. he is a member of the vanuatu green party (green confederation), which he led into the opposition when he lost his cabinet post in november 2005. on that occasion became deputy leader of the opposition. in the september 2008 general election, he retained his seat, as well as the leadership of the green confederation, and became whip of the parliamentary opposition to prime minister edward natapei's government.[http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?new
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