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Wesley Kareroa

Wesley Kareroa
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Oneroa
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 July 2014
Preceded byWinton Pickering
Personal details
Born15 November 1967
Political partyCook Islands Democratic Party

Wesley Kareroa (born 15 November 1967)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Kareroa was born on Rarotonga and educated at Mangaia Primary School and Mangaia College.[1] He worked as an agent for Air Rarotonga.[2] He was first elected to Parliament in the 2014 Cook Islands general election. After the election he was reportedly offered a ministerial position by Prime Minister Henry Puna in exchange for supporting him in the House, but refused.[3] He was re-elected in the 2018 election.[4]

In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson on National Superannuation and Parliamentary Services.[5]

He was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Wesley KAREROA". Cook Islands Parliament. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ "CIP leadership could be reviewed". Cook Islands News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Cooks Democratic Party Leader Calls PM 'Desperate'". Pacific Islands Report. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ Rashneel Kumar (29 June 2018). "No change to election result". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ Melina Etches (19 February 2020). "Demos gunning for change". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. ^ "WARRANT DECLARING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE" (PDF). Cook Islands Gazette. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


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