Patrick Arioka
Patrick Arioka | |
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Minister of Telecommunications | |
Assumed office 2 June 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Brown |
Preceded by | Mark Brown |
Minister of Tourism | |
Assumed office 8 October 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Brown |
Preceded by | Henry Puna |
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Murienua | |
Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
Preceded by | James Beer |
Personal details | |
Political party | Cook Islands Party |
Patrick Arioka is a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party and member of the Cook Islands Parliament, representing the seat of Murienua.
Arioka is president of the Society.[1]
Arioka served as campaign manager for unsuccessful CIP candidate in the 2014 Murienua by-election.[2] He contested the seat himself at the 2014, losing to the Democratic party's James Beer.[3] He entered parliament after winning the seat at the 2018 election.[4] Following the election he was appointed associate agriculture minister.[5]
On 8 October 2020 Arioka was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Brown as Minister of Tourism and the Business Trade and Investment Board.[6] A further reshuffle on 2 June 2021 saw him gain the Telecommunications portfolio.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Red Cross ready for any emergency". Cook Islands News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Emmanuel Samoglou (25 February 2014). "By-election win was 'sweet' for Demos". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Emmanuel Samoglou (17 July 2014). "Election: Demos in the driver's seat". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Cameron Scott (15 June 2018). "Demo spokesman loses out". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Cameron Scott (12 July 2018). "Appointment talk keeps the 'wireless' humming". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Emmanuel Samoglou and Rashneel Kumar (8 October 2020). "PM takes on 17 portfolios". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Rashneel Kumar (3 June 2021). "PM announces Cabinet reshuffle". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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