Edward Natapei

Edward Natapei
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
In office 16 June 2011 – 26 June 2011 Acting
President	Iolu Abil
Preceded by	Sato Kilman
Succeeded by	Sato Kilman
In office 22 September 2008 – 2 December 2010
President	Kalkot Mataskelekele Maxime Carlot Korman (Acting) Iolu Abil
Preceded by	Ham Lini
Succeeded by	Sato Kilman
In office 13 April 2001 – 29 July 2004
President	John Bani Roger Abiut (Acting) Alfred Maseng Roger Abiut (Acting)
Preceded by	Barak Sopé
Succeeded by	Serge Vohor
Acting President of Vanuatu
In office 2 March 1999 – 24 March 1999
Prime Minister	Donald Kalpokas
Preceded by	Jean Marie Leye Lenelgau
Succeeded by	John Bani
Personal details
Born	17 July 1954 Futuna Island, Tafea Province, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu)[1]
Died	28 July 2015(2015-07-28) (aged 61) Port Vila, Vanuatu
Political party	Vanua'aku Pati
Spouse	Leipaki Natapei

Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki^[1][2] (17 July 1954^[3] – 28 July 2015) was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly in 1991, the acting president of Vanuatu from 2 March 1999 to 24 March 1999 (during a time in which he was the speaker of Parliament) and the deputy prime minister. He was the president of the Vanua'aku Pati, a socialist, Anglophone political party.