Patrick Arioka | |
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Minister of Telecommunications | |
In office 2 June 2021 –1 August 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Brown |
Preceded by | Mark Brown |
Minister of Tourism | |
In office 8 October 2020 –1 August 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Brown |
Preceded by | Henry Puna |
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Murienua | |
In office 14 June 2018 –1 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | James Beer |
Succeeded by | Teariki Heather |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 July 1971 |
Political party | Cook Islands Party |
Patrick Arioka (born 24 July 1971) [1] is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a former member of the Cook Islands Parliament,representing the seat of Murienua. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Arioka was born on Rarotonga and educated at Avatea School,Avarua School,and Atiu College. [1] He studied tropical agriculture at the University of the South Pacific campus in Alafua,followed by a Master in Business Administration. [1] He worked as a forestry officer for the government,and then as a policy advisor. [1] He served on the board of the Cook Islands Red Cross Society from 2006 to 2018,and from 2016 to 2018 was its president. [1] [2]
Arioka served as campaign manager for unsuccessful CIP candidate Kaota Tuariki in the 2014 Murienua by-election. [3] He contested the seat himself at the 2014,losing to the Democratic party's James Beer. [4] He entered parliament after winning the seat at the 2018 election. [5] Following the election he was appointed associate agriculture minister. [6]
On 8 October 2020 Arioka was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Brown as Minister of Tourism and the Business Trade and Investment Board. [7] A further reshuffle on 2 June 2021 saw him gain the Telecommunications portfolio. [8]
He lost his seat in the 2022 Cook Islands general election. [9] In January 2023 he was appointed to the board of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation. [10]
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