Robert Tapaitau

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Suspended from 6 October 2021 — 17 May 2022

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  3. ↑ "Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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Robert Tapaitau
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Robert Tapaitau in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
In office
1 October 2020 [lower-alpha 1]  –31 January 2024