Tekarei Russell

Tekarei Russell
Minister for Health and Family Planning of Kiribati
In office
1975–1977
Member of Parliament
for South Tarawa
In office
1971–1977

Tekarei Russell (born 1937) is an I-Kiribati former politician.[1]

She became a secondary school teacher in 1959, and was the first woman to be elected to the House of Assembly of Kiribati, when she was elected MP for South Tarawa (the capital city) in 1971. Re-elected in 1975, she was appointed Minister for Health and Family Planning, serving from 1975 to 1977, whereupon she retired from politics and returned to teaching. She was subsequently awarded the Pride of Kiribati medal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pacific Islands History", Queensland University of Technology, p.13
  2. ↑ "Pacific Islands History", Queensland University of Technology, p.13



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