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Anote Tong is a male politician and diplomat from Kiribati. Born on June 11, 1952, in Tabuaeran, he holds citizenship in Kiribati and is a member of the Pillars of Truth political party. He served as the President of Kiribati and was a candidate in the 2012 Kiribati presidential election. Tong is of Han Chinese ethnic origin and speaks English and Gilbertese.
He received his education at the University of Canterbury and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Among his recognitions, Tong has received the Order of Brilliant Jade.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 19
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups
· 2007 · cited 36,060x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,294x
- Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
· 2020 · cited 11,580x
- Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from the sample size, median, range and/or interquartile range
· 2014 · cited 9,829x
- VASPKIT: A user-friendly interface facilitating high-throughput computing and analysis using VASP code
· 2021 · cited 7,425x
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Quotes
- “Primarily, it (2020 Kiribati presidential election) has been about the Taiwan-China issue. In my experience, it's the most aggressive campaign that I've seen.”
- “The one weakness in the force of our campaign (for global climate action) has been the lack of unity in purpose with the larger members of our Pacific family. It has been a huge source of disappointment for us to witness the constant changes of climate policies with the eddies of political parties in power, in both Australia and New Zealand.”
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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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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.