Lauta Atoi
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Bougainville, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauta Atoi (born 1962) is a Papua New Guinean politician and rugby league player. He was a People's National Congress member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2017, representing the electorate of North Bougainville Open. His name is sometimes spelled as Louta Atoi.[2][3]
Atoi was educated at Tasman Primary School and Hutjena High School in
He was elected to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea at a 2011 by-election to replace Michael Ogio, who had been appointed Governor-General of Papua New Guinea; in doing so, Atoi became the first MP from the atoll communities off the Bougainville coast.[8][9] He was reported to have joined the Papua New Guinea Party in April 2012, but was re-elected for the People's National Congress amid some confusion in July.[10][11] He supported the Belden Namah-led opposition for several months after the election, but returned to the government in July 2013, claiming he had continued to be a PNC member throughout.[12]
He was defeated by William Nakin at the 2017 election.[13]
References
- ^ Lauta Atoi rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ a b "Hon. Louta Atoi, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Medics stranded". PNG Post Courier. 24 February 2005.
- ^ "Calls to support Atoll candidate". PNG Post Courier. 4 April 2011.
- ^ "MV Sankamap sale into storm". PNG Post Courier. 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Party endorses Hamao". PNG Post Courier. 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Atoll man's win a first". PNG Post-Courier. 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Atoi calls for support". PNG Post Courier. 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Deputy PM confident with Party". PNG Post Courier. 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Namah eyes top post". PNG Post Courier. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Atoi returns to People's National Congress party, government". PNG Post Courier. 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Nakin wins North Bougainville seat". PNG Post-Courier. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.