Vaine Mokoroa
Cook Islands politician
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Vaine Makiroa Mokoroa (born 28 December 1966) is a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Mark Brown
Vaine Mokoroa | |
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Vaine Mokoroa in 2019 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Brown |
| Preceded by | Rose Toki-Brown |
| Minister of Education | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Henry Puna Mark Brown |
| Preceded by | Henry Puna |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 21 September 2018 – 2 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Nicholas |
| Succeeded by | Rose Toki-Brown |
| Minister of Police | |
| In office 21 September 2018 – 4 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Henry Puna |
| Preceded by | Albert Nicholas |
| Succeeded by | Henry Puna |
| Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Nikao–Panama | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ngamau Munokoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1966 |
| Party | Cook Islands Party |
| University of the South Pacific | |
Career
Mokoroa was born in 1966 in Atiu.[1] He has previously worked as a police officer, chief of staff in the office of the Prime Minister, and as acting secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning.[2] He entered parliament in the 2018 elections, winning the seat of Nikao–Panama from Ngamau Munokoa.[3] In September 2018 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Internal Affairs, following the sacking of Albert Nicholas.[4][5] In June 2020 he surrendered his police portfolio and was appointed Education Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.[6]
In the Cabinet reshuffle following the appointment of Mark Brown as Prime Minister his position as Education Minister was confirmed, and he retained all his other Cabinet portfolios.[7] A further reshuffle in June 2021 saw him swap his Internal Affairs portfolio for Justice.[8]
He was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[9]
