Serge Vohor
| Serge Vohor | |
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| Prime Minister of Vanuatu | |
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In office 24 April 2011 – 13 May 2011 |
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| President | Iolu Abil |
| Preceded by | Sato Kilman |
| Succeeded by | Sato Kilman |
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In office 27 November 2009 – 5 December 2009 Acting |
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| President | Iolu Abil |
| Preceded by | Edward Natapei |
| Succeeded by | Edward Natapei |
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In office 29 July 2004 – 11 December 2004 |
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| President |
Josias Moli (Acting) Kalkot Mataskelekele |
| Preceded by | Edward Natapei |
| Succeeded by | Ham Lini |
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In office 30 September 1996 – 30 March 1998 |
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| President | Jean Marie Leye Lenelgau |
| Preceded by | Maxime Carlot Korman |
| Succeeded by | Donald Kalpokas |
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In office 21 December 1995 – 23 February 1996 |
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| President | Jean Marie Leye Lenelgau |
| Preceded by | Maxime Carlot Korman |
| Succeeded by | Maxime Carlot Korman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 61–62) |
| Political party | Union of Moderate Parties |
Rialuth Serge Vohor (born 24 April 1955) is a politician from Vanuatu. He hails from the largest island of Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo, from Port Olry.
He is a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, a conservative, moderate political party. When his party came to power in 1991, Vohor became foreign minister of Vanuatu for the first of three times, until 1993. Vohor has been Prime Minister four times, from December 1995 to February 1996; from September 1996 to March 1998; from 28 July 2004, to 11 December 2004; and from 24 April 2011 to 13 May 2011. The latter, brief term was however voided by the Court of Appeal, deeming his election unconstitutional as he had been elected only by a majority of Members of Parliament (26 out of 52), not by an absolute majority.
In October 2015, Vohor was one of 15 MPs to be convicted of bribery by the Vanuatu Supreme Court and was jailed for 3 years. Vohor was Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Kilman government at the time of his conviction.
In October 1996, during his second term as Prime Minister, he was abducted along with President Jean-Marie Léyé by members of the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force, "disgruntled over a pay dispute". Both men were soon released unharmed. In 1997, while still serving as prime minister, he was implicated in a scheme to sell Vanuatuan passports to foreigners, and the Office of the Vanuatu Ombudsman recommended that he resign from his post.
After the 1998 parliamentary elections the Union of Moderate Parties could not form a coalition government, but Vohor still served as a prominent member of coalition governments led by other parties much of the time, serving as foreign minister again from 1999 until 2001. His party did not regain power in the 2002 parliamentary elections, but Vohor served as foreign minister for a third time from 2002 until 2003.
In the parliamentary elections of 2004, the Union of Moderate Parties lost several seats. However, Vohor managed to form a coalition including independents and members of other parties to be elected Prime Minister. Vohor was elected Prime Minister by the Parliament with 28 votes, with his opponent, Ham Lini receiving 24. The following month, Vohor formed a national unity government with Lini as deputy prime minister.
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