Ralph Regenvanu
| Ralph John Regenvanu | |
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| Minister of Lands and Natural Resources | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Charlot Salwai |
| Preceded by | Paul Telukluk |
| Minister of Lands and Natural Resources | |
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In office 23 March 2013 – 11 June 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Moana Carcasses Kalosil Joe Natuman |
| Preceded by | James Bule |
| Succeeded by | Paul Telukluk |
| Minister of Justice and Social Affairs | |
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In office 26 June 2011 – 16 January 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Sato Kilman |
| Preceded by | Bakoa Kaltonga (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Charlot Salwai |
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In office 13 May 2011 – 16 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Sato Kilman |
| Preceded by | Yoan Simon |
| Succeeded by | Bakoa Kaltonga (interim) |
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In office 10 March 2011 – 24 April 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Sato Kilman |
| Preceded by | Yoan Simon |
| Succeeded by | Yoan Simon |
| Minister of Lands | |
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In office 18 February 2011 – 10 March 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Sato Kilman |
| Preceded by | Harry Iauko |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Carlot |
| Minister of Cooperatives and ni-Vanuatu Business Development | |
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In office 2 December 2010 – 18 February 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Sato Kilman |
| Preceded by | Dunstan Hilton |
| Succeeded by | Esmon Sae |
| Member of the ni-Vanuatu Parliament for Port Vila |
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Assumed office September 2008 |
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| Born | 20 September 1970 Suva, Fiji |
| Political party |
Independent, then Land and Justice Party |
| Ralph Regenvanu | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2008–2012 |
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| Constituency | Port Vila |
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Independent, then Land and Justice Party |
| Ralph Regenvanu | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2012–2016 |
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| Constituency | Port Vila |
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| Political party | Land and Justice Party |
Ralph John Regenvanu (born 20 September 1970 in Suva, Fiji) is a ni-Vanuatu anthropologist, artist and politician. He has been a Member of Parliament since September 2008, was a member of Cabinet for most of the period from December 2010 to January 2012 and then from March 2013 to June 2015, and was the Director of the Vanuatu National Cultural Council from 1995 until December 2010.
He has been a leading figure in Vanuatu's cultural world, primarily as a promoter of cultural knowledge preservation and sustainable development as a researcher, but also, to a lesser extent, as a painter and illustrator. He has represented Vanuatu and its culture in the international sphere, notably through UNESCO. His transition to politics came suddenly in 2008, at a comparatively young age; his successful campaign to be elected to Parliament generated popular and media support. As a Member of Parliament, he sought to publicise his activities and discuss political issues directly with members of the public; he also used his parliamentary allowance to help finance student scholarships and youth business projects. Three months after his election, he was arrested and charged with aiding prisoners who had escaped from gaol. The charges were later dropped. In late 2010, he launched his own political party, shortly before being appointed to Cabinet.
Ralph was born on 20 September 1970 to Dorothy and Sethy Regenvanu at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Fiji. Sethy Regenvanu, born on Malakula, was later to become a prominent politician in post-independence Vanuatu: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Walter Lini in the 1980s. Dorothy Regenvanu, born Dorothy Rutter in Australia, is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church. Sethy Regenvanu was in Suva to study at the Pacific Theological College when Ralph, his and Dorothy's first child, was born. Ralph was three years old when the family left Fiji to move to Australia, then back to Vanuatu (which at the time was the Franco-British Condominium of the New Hebrides). Ralph eventually had four younger siblings, all brothers: Nikil Periv (b. 1974), Malpati (1975), Regson Tairets (1982), and George Michael (1984).
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