Ministry_of_Environment,_Lands_and_Agricultural_Development Knowpia

The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD, Gilbertese: Botaki ibukin te enwarementa, tararuan aaba ao karikirakean te ununiki) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa.^[1]^[2]

It was created as Ministry of Natural Resource Development in March 1978, within the Gilbert Islands colony.

Ministers edit

Roniti Teiwaki (1978–1982)
Anote Tong (1994–2002)
Tetabo Nakara (2007–2009)
Tiarite Kwong (2011–2016)^[3]
Tebao Awerika (2016–2018)
Alexander Teabo (2018–2020)^[4]
Ruateki Tekaiara (2020–)^[5]

^ "Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development | President Taneti Maamau". www.president.gov.ki. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development". Commonwealth of Nations.
^ "Intervention by Honorable Tiarite G Kwong, Minister of Environment, Land and Agricultural Development". IFAD. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Current Ministers – Maneaba ni Maungatabu". www.parliament.gov.ki. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Kiribati new cabinet Ministers sworn-in". nukualofatimes.tbu.to. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.