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Key facts
- Vice president
- Teima Onorio
- Preceded by
- Tion Otang (Acting)
- Succeeded by
- Taneti Maamau
- Born
- ( 1952-06-11 ) 11 June 1952 (age 73) , Tabuaeran , Gilbert and Ellice Islands (now Kiribati )
- Party
- Pillars of Truth
- Spouse
- Meme Tong
- Alma mater
- University of Canterbury ( BS ), London School of Economics ( MS )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kiribati
- Place of birth
- Tabuaeran
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- President of Kiribati
- Political party
- Pillars of Truth
- Languages spoken
- Gilbertese
- Image
- Anote Tong (1) (cropped).jpg
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- Anote Tong
- date of birth
- 1952-06-11
- ethnic group
- Han Chinese people
- candidacy in election
- 2012 Kiribati presidential election
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- Anote Tong
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Encyclopedic overview
Anote Tong (simplified Chinese: 汤安诺; traditional Chinese: 湯安諾; pinyin: Tāng Ānnuò; born 11 June 1952) is an I-Kiribati environmental activist and former politician for the Pillars of Truth party with half Chinese heritage, who served as the fourth president of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016. He won the election in July 2003 with a slim plurality of votes cast (47.4%) against his older brother, Harry Tong (43.5%) and the private lawyer Banuera Berina (9.1%). The elections were contested by the opposition, due to allegations of electoral fraud but the High Court of Tarawa had confirmed that there was no fraud. He was re-elected on 17 October 2007 for a second term (64%). In 2012, Tong was reelected for a third term, although with a significantly smaller percentage than in the previous two elections.
Tong is primarily known abroad for his efforts to raise "global awareness on the threat posed by climate change".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anote Tong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.