Alfred Maseng
Alfred Maseng | |
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| 5th President of Vanuatu | |
| In office 12 April 2004 – 11 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Abiut (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Roger Abiut (acting) |
Acting | |
| In office 30 January 1994 – 2 March 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Timakata |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Léyé |
Alfred Maseng Nalo (10 January 1949 – 18 November 2004) was a
foreign minister from 1995 until 1996. He was also the president of Vanuatu
for two brief periods lasting about a month each, during 1994 and 2004.
Biography
Maseng had been
two-thirds majority in parliament was needed to win. Balloting started on 8 April, but this session and another session on 10 April failed to result in the required majority for any candidate. In the fourth round of balloting on 12 April (Easter Monday), Maseng defeated the government's candidate, Kalkot Mataskelekele, by a vote of 41 to 16, and was sworn in immediately.[1] He was removed as president on 11 May 2004, by the Supreme Court, which ruled that the election was invalid because of a rule banning people with criminal records from being elected.[2] It had been revealed that he was serving a suspended sentence on corruption charges, including receiving stolen goods.[3]
He was a member of the
Francophone Union of Moderate Parties. He died at a hospital in northern Vanuatu several months after his removal from the presidency. His age and cause of death have not been reported.[citation needed
]
References
- RNZI. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- RNZI. 18 August 2004. Archived from the originalon 22 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- RNZI. Pacific Magazine. 11 May 2004. Archived from the originalon 14 June 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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