Esmon Saimon

Esmon Saimon
MP
Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities
In office
23 March 2013 – 11 June 2015
Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Joe Natuman
Preceded by Tony Nari
Succeeded by Tony Nari
Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development
In office
13 May 2011 – 17 May 2011
Prime Minister Sato Kilman
Preceded by Paul Telukluk
Succeeded by Don Ken
Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development
In office
18 February 2011 – 24 April 2011
Prime Minister Sato Kilman
Preceded by Ralph Regenvanu
Succeeded by Paul Telukluk
Member of Parliament
for Malekula
Assumed office
6 March 1998
Personal details
Political party Melanesian Progressive Party

Esmon Saimon, also referred to (perhaps in error) as Esmon Sae,[1][2] is a Vanuatu politician.

He worked first as Secretary to the South West Bay Cooperative Society, from 1978 to 1982, then went into private business (in "retail and fishing") until 1998.[3]

He served in office in the Malampa Province assembly from 1992 to 1996, then was elected Member of the national Parliament for Malekula in the December 1998 general election. He is currently a member of the Melanesian Progressive Party.[4]

Initially a backbencher, he was appointed Minister for Cooperatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Development (i.e., indigenous business development) in Prime Minister Sato Kilman's Cabinet on February 18, 2010. Kilman was attempting to consolidate his government's majority prior to an expected vote on a motion of confidence in Parliament.[5] He lost office on April 24 when the Kilman government was ousted in a motion of no confidence, regained it on May 13 when the Court of Appeal declared the election of the new government unconstitutional,[6] and lost it again on May 17 when Kilman reshuffled his government and replaced him with Don Ken.[7]

Kilman's government fell on 21 March 2013 when it lost the confidence of Parliament, and new Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil appointed Sae to the position of Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities two days later.[8] He crossed the floor on 15 May 2014 to help bring down the Carcasses government. New Prime Minister Joe Natuman maintained Saimon at his post as Minister for Infrastructure.[9] He lost office on 11 June 2015 when the Natuman government was ousted in a motion of no confidence.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Vanuatu PM wants constitution amended", Pacific Islands News Association, February 21, 2011
  2. ↑ "31 MPs vote for pay rise", Vanuatu Daily Post, November 23, 2010
  3. ↑ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Vanuatu
  4. ↑ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Vanuatu
  5. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle as Vanuatu political crisis continues", Radio New Zealand International, February 19, 2011
  6. ↑ "Appeal court restores Kilman as Vanuatu prime minister", Radio New Zealand International, May 13, 2011
  7. ↑ "Seeking majority, Kilman reshuffles Vanuatu cabinet to accommodate defector", Radio New Zealand International, May 17, 2011
  8. ↑ "Nation's interest first: Carcasses", Vanuatu Daily Post, 26 mars 2013
  9. ↑ "Natuman names cabinet line-up", Vanuatu Digest, 16 May 2014
  10. ↑ "Vanuatu announces new cabinet after new prime minister Sato Kilman is elected", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 June 2015


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