Tiakana Numanga

Tiakana Numanga (3 August 1909 – 1977) was a Cook Islands politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1965 and his death and held several ministerial portfolios, including being Deputy Premier.

Tiakana Numanga
Deputy Premier
In office
1974–1977
Minister of Fisheries and Police
In office
1972–1974
Preceded byApenera Short
Minister of Education
In office
1968–1972
Succeeded byGeoffrey Henry
Minister of Health
In office
1967–1968
Succeeded byInatio Akaruru
Minister of Police and Social Development
In office
–1967
Preceded byJulian Dashwood
Minister for Public Works and Survey
In office
1965–
Preceded byTangaroa Tangaroa
Succeeded byJulian Dashwood
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1965–1977
Succeeded byIaveta Short
ConstituencyTakitumu
Personal details
Born3 August 1909
Titikaveka, Cook Islands
Died1977
Political partyCook Islands Party

Biography

Numanga was born in Titikaveka in 1909.[1] He began work as a schoolteacher in 1927, later becoming a planter and running a bakery and store.[1][2] In 1931 he married Meoroa, with whom he had two daughters and a son.[1]

Numanga contested the 1965 elections as a Cook Islands Party candidate in the Takitumu constituency, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly. Following the elections, he was appointed to the Executive Council and became Minister for Public Works and Survey and Associate Minister of Labour.[3] He swapped portfolios with Julian Dashwood, becoming Minister of Police and Social Development for a short period,[2] before a cabinet reshuffle in January 1967 saw him appointed Minister for Health.[4]

He was re-elected in 1968 and became Minister of Education. Following the 1972 elections he was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Police.[5] After being re-elected again in 1974, he was dropped from the cabinet. However, after threatening to join the opposition, he was appointed Deputy Premier.[6] He died in 1977.

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References
  1. Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who, issue 10, p635
  2. David J. Stone (1971) Self rule in the Cook Islands: The government and politics of a new micro-state
  3. Era of Self-Government Begins In The Cook Islands Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1965, pp27–29
  4. External Affairs Review, Volume 17, p51
  5. In a Nutshell Pacific Islands Monthly, pp127–129
  6. Thomas R. A. H. Davis & R. G. Crocombe (1979) Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story, p35
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