Having studied in Morocco and at the International School in Bordeaux in France, he worked at the French embassy in Vanuatu.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament in the October 2012 general election, as MP for Port Vila, representing the Union of Moderate Parties - a francophone, generally conservative political movement.[1] When Prime Minister Sato Kilman lost the confidence of Parliament on 23 October 2013, new Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil (of the Green Confederation) appointed Wright as Minister for Youth and Sports within his broad coalition government.[1] In February 2014, he was one of several government MPs to defect to the Opposition, but then defected back to the government a few days later to retain his Cabinet position.[2] He lost office when the Carcasses government was brought down by a motion of no confidence on 15 May 2014.[3]
In June 2015, following a further change of government which returned Sato Kilman to power, Wright became a government backbencher. In October 2015, together with several other MPs, Wright was convicted of bribery by the Vanuatu Supreme Court. The court found that he had accepted a payment of 1,000,000 vatu from Moana Carcasses in return for support in the motion of no-confidence that brought the Kilman government to power.[4]
^"Chaos reigns in Vanuatu politics. Again", Radio Australia, 26 February 2014
^"Natuman names cabinet line-up" 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Digest, 16 May 2014
^"Public Prosecutor v Kalosil - Judgment as to verdict [2015] VUSC 135; Criminal Case 73 of 2015 (9 October 2015)", Supreme Court of Vanuatu.
January 23, 2023
antoine, wright, politician, antoine, tony, wright, born, march, 1960, vanuatuan, politician, antoine, wrightmpminister, youth, sportsin, office, march, 2013, 2014prime, ministermoana, carcasses, kalosilpreceded, bymorkin, stevenssucceeded, bydon, kenmember, p. Antoine Tony Wright born 4 March 1960 1 is a Vanuatuan politician Antoine WrightMPMinister for Youth and SportsIn office 23 March 2013 15 May 2014Prime MinisterMoana Carcasses KalosilPreceded byMorkin StevensSucceeded byDon KenMember of Parliamentfor Port VilaIncumbentAssumed office 30 October 2012Personal detailsPolitical partyUnion of Moderate PartiesHaving studied in Morocco and at the International School in Bordeaux in France he worked at the French embassy in Vanuatu 1 He was first elected to Parliament in the October 2012 general election as MP for Port Vila representing the Union of Moderate Parties a francophone generally conservative political movement 1 When Prime Minister Sato Kilman lost the confidence of Parliament on 23 October 2013 new Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil of the Green Confederation appointed Wright as Minister for Youth and Sports within his broad coalition government 1 In February 2014 he was one of several government MPs to defect to the Opposition but then defected back to the government a few days later to retain his Cabinet position 2 He lost office when the Carcasses government was brought down by a motion of no confidence on 15 May 2014 3 In June 2015 following a further change of government which returned Sato Kilman to power Wright became a government backbencher In October 2015 together with several other MPs Wright was convicted of bribery by the Vanuatu Supreme Court The court found that he had accepted a payment of 1 000 000 vatu from Moana Carcasses in return for support in the motion of no confidence that brought the Kilman government to power 4 References Edit a b c d Biography on the Parliament website Chaos reigns in Vanuatu politics Again Radio Australia 26 February 2014 Natuman names cabinet line up Archived 2014 05 17 at the Wayback Machine Vanuatu Digest 16 May 2014 Public Prosecutor v Kalosil Judgment as to verdict 2015 VUSC 135 Criminal Case 73 of 2015 9 October 2015 Supreme Court of Vanuatu Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antoine Wright politician amp oldid 904400530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
