Vodrick Detsiogo | |
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Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Meneng | |
In office 2016–2019 | |
Preceded by | Squire Jeremiah |
Succeeded by | Khyde Menke |
Vodrick Detsiogo is a Nauruan politician.
Before entering politics,Detsiogo worked as a pilot in Japan,Nauru,and New Zealand. [1]
In the 2016 Nauruan parliamentary election,Detsiogo was elected to represent the Meneng Constituency. He was elected alongside Tawaki Kam and Lionel Aingimea. [2] On 20 July,he was sworn in as assistant minister of education,transport,and the Nauru Air Corporation. [3] In parliament,he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Constitutional Review Committee. He also served as Chair of Subsidiary Legislation and Deputy Chairman of Committees. [1] [4] In the 2019 election,Detsiogo lost re-election. Out of nine candidates,Detsiogo came in fifth. [5] In the 2022 election,Detsiogo was again defeated,coming in fifth out of eleven candidates. [6]
In March 2022,Detsiogo served as a pilot,alongside Kristian Keke and Dylan Rimmer,on the inaugural flight of VH-INU,a new Boeing 737-700 aircraft of Nauru Airlines,from Brisbane,Australia to Nauru. [7]
On 22 July 1991,Detsiogo married Eleanor Harris of the Aiwo District at the Orro Congregational Church. [8]
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