Maxime Carlot Korman

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In this ni-Vanuatu name, the surname is Carlot, and the traditional name is Korman.
Maxime Carlot Korman
Acting
Speaker of the Parliament
In office
July 1980 – November 1983
Preceded byNew Office
Succeeded byFred Timakata
In office
December 1995 – February 1996
Preceded byAlfred Maseng
Succeeded byEdward Natapei
In office
June 2009 – January 2010
Preceded byGeorge Wells
Succeeded byGeorge Wells
In office
December 2010 – September 2011
Preceded byGeorge Wells
Succeeded byDunstan Hilton
Personal details
Born (1941-04-26) 26 April 1941 (age 82)
Erakor, Efate, New Hebrides
Political partyRepublican Party (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations		Union of Moderate Parties (Before 1998)

Maxime Carlot Korman (born 26 April 1941) is a

prime minister of Vanuatu for nearly five years, first from 16 December 1991 to 21 December 1995 and again from 23 February 1996 to 30 September 1996. He was a member of the Union of Moderate Parties during his terms as prime minister, but now leads the Vanuatu Republican Party. He was the first Speaker of Parliament after independence, from July 1980 to November 1983, and also served in that capacity just before independence.[1][2]

Political career

Korman became prime minister following the Union of Moderate Parties's victory in the 1991 election, which came after the split in the ruling Vanua'aku Party. He was the first francophone Prime Minister of Vanuatu, following the anglophone Walter Lini's government throughout the 1980s.

Korman's

anti-American nuclear-free Pacific stance."[3]

Following the 1995 election Korman was replaced as prime minister by

Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995. Following his terms as prime minister, Korman broke away from the Union of Moderate Parties to form the Vanuatu Republican Party
, which he still leads. Following the July 2004 election, Korman became deputy prime minister under Vohor, but was replaced a month later when a national coalition took office.

He was Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities for a time, but was removed from this post and replaced by Edward Natapei in July 2005.[4]

Korman and the Republican Party remained in the governing coalition, and Maxime Carlot Korman eventually became Minister of Lands. In July 2007, Maxime Carlot Korman and his son were faced with corruption allegations involving land deals, which Korman strongly denied.[5]

Following the September 2008 general election, Korman was a candidate for the post of prime minister in the parliamentary vote held on 22 September, but was defeated by Natapei, receiving 25 votes against 27 for Natapei.[6]

However, he was elected to be the Speaker of Parliament. On 18 August 2009, when the term of the President of Vanuatu expired, Korman became acting president in his capacity as Speaker of Parliament until the election of a successor on 2 September 2009.

George Wells replaced him as Speaker in January 2010, before resigning in December, whereupon Korman was elected anew to the position.[7]

In September 2011, after he had "rigidly applied standing orders to stop the [

Radio New Zealand International described as the government's way of "punish[ing him] for his controversial rulings". The motion was passed by twenty-six votes out of fifty-two. Korman announced he would appeal to the courts.[1][8]

Personal life

Korman was born in Erakor, a village near

South Efate language in the 1960s.[10] He added the traditional name "Korman" to his name Maxime Carlot when he became prime minister.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Veteran Speaker removed", Vanuatu Daily Post, 7 September 2011
  2. Radio New Zealand International
    . 19 June 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-8248-2048-7
    , pp.25-7
  4. ^ "Vanuatu PM sacks party leader from Cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 18 July 2005.
  5. Radio New Zealand International
    . 5 July 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Vanuatu lawmakers elect Natapei as prime minister". Associated Press. International Herald Tribune. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  7. ^ "Court requested conspiracy investigation against Kilman" Archived 9 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu News, 20 June 2011
  8. Radio New Zealand International
    . 9 September 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  9. OCLC 8485767
    .
  10. ISBN 9780824830618
    .
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Vanuatu
1991–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Vanuatu
1996
Preceded by President of Vanuatu
Acting
2009 		Succeeded by
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