James Cecil Cocker | |
---|---|
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1982–1991 | |
Prime Minister | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake |
Preceded by | Mahe Tupouniua |
Succeeded by | Tutoatasi Fakafanua |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 July 1939 |
Died | May 2014 |
James Cecil Cocker was a Tongan politician who formerly served as a cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister [1] and Minister of Finance.
Cocker was born on 26 July 1939 in Nuku'alofa. [2] He got a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1963. [2]
Cocker was appointed into the cabinet as the Minister of Finance in 1982,and served until 1991. [3] In October 2001,King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV appointed him as the Deputy Prime Minister. Cocker was described as one of king's friends. [4]
Cocker served as a director in the National Reserve Bank of Tonga from November 2013 and May 2014,when he died. [5]
Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele,Lord Sevele of Vailahi is a Tongan politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga from 30 March 2006 to 22 December 2010.
Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula is a Thai economist. He was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état he served as minister of finance and deputy prime minister in the interim civilian government led by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Following the 2014 Thai coup d'état he was appointed as a deputy prime minister in the first military appointed cabinet under General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Two days earlier he had resigned from his position as chairman of the board of Post Publishing PLC,the publisher of the Bangkok Post,Thailand's leading English-language newspaper.
Abdullah Ensour is a Jordanian economist who served as the 40th Prime Minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran politician,he has held various cabinet positions in Jordanian government in addition to being prime minister.
Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. Pohiva,the leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI),served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his death in 2019. He was only the fourth commoner to serve as Prime Minister,and the first commoner to be elected to that position by Parliament rather than appointed by the King.
The Cabinet of Tonga is the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Tonga. It is composed primarily of the ministers of government. The latter,including the Prime Minister,are appointed by the monarch. The Governor of Ha'apai and the Governor of Vava'u also serve on the Cabinet ex officio. When in session and presided over by the monarch,the Cabinet is known as the Privy Council.
Samiu Kuita Vaipulu is a Tongan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was the Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2014 and is currently Minister for Trade and Economic Development.
Lisiate ʻAloveita ʻAkolo is a Tongan politician,Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga and former Minister of Finance in the Tongan Cabinet.
Siosaʻia Lausiʻi,Lord Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi,also known as Lord Maʻafu,was a Tongan politician,military officer,and member of the Tongan nobility.
Chakravarthi Rangarajan is an Indian economist,a former Member of Parliament and 19th governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council;he resigned the day the UPA lost power. He is also the Chairman of the Madras School of Economics;former president of the Indian Statistical Institute;the founding chairman of the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics,Statistics and Computer Science;former chancellor of the University of Hyderabad;and a professor in Ahmedabad University.
ʻOtenifi Afuʻalo Matoto,styled Lord Matoto of Tuʻanekivale,is a Tongan civil servant,politician and former Cabinet Minister. He was Minister of Finance in the government of Feleti Sevele from 2008 to 2011.
Heng Swee Keat is a Singaporean politician and former police officer who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bedok division of East Coast GRC since 2020.
Hazem El Beblawi is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government in July 2013,Beblawi was named interim prime minister. On 24 February 2014,Beblawi announced his resignation.
Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa was a Tongan accountant and politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Tonga from 2019 to 2021. Tu'i'onetoa succeeded Semisi Sika,who had served as acting prime minister,since the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva.
Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni,styled Hon. Hu'akavameiliku,is a Tongan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Tonga since 2021. He has previously served as a Cabinet Minister,and from 2014 to 2017,he was Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga. He is the current estate holder of the village of Ha'asini.
Poasi Mataele Tei is a Tongan politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
Tevita Lavemaau is a Tongan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
Minister of Finance is the person in charge of the Ministry of Finance of Tonga.
Tatafu Toma Moeaki is a Tongan politician,former Cabinet Minister,and civil servant.
Siosiua Tuitalukua Tupou ʻUtoikamanu is a Tongan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He was Tonga's Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2008.
Senipisi Langi Kavaliku,styled Hon. Hu’akavameiliku,was a Tongan scholar and politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister for 35 years,and was Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga in the 1990s. He was the first Tongan to obtain a master's degree and a PhD.