{"id":"ieremia-tabai","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ieremia-tabai","language":"en","name":"Ieremia Tabai","name_en":"Ieremia Tabai","name_ne":null,"description":"Kiribati politician","headline":"Kiribati politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ieremia Tienang Tabai is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the first president of Kiribati from 1979 to 1991. He previously served in the equivalent role, chief minister, under the colonial government from 1978 to 1979. Tabai returned to the House of Assembly in 1998 and represented Nonouti as of his re-election in 2024.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"16 December 1949","date":"1949-12-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nonouti","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059275"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kiribati","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Progressive Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366396"},{"text":"Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96373866"},{"text":"Pillars of Truth","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546130"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Victoria University of Wellington","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150437"},{"text":"St Andrew's College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7586845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the House of Assembly of Kiribati (7 January 2016 – 5 February 2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21296447","start":"2016-01-07","end":"2020-02-05"},{"text":"President of Kiribati (18 February 1983 – 4 July 1991)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878250","start":"1983-02-18","end":"1991-07-04"},{"text":"President of Kiribati (12 July 1979 – 10 December 1982)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878250","start":"1979-07-12","end":"1982-12-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12177423"},{"text":"Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56447056","date":"1996-05-24"},{"text":"Kiribati Grand Order","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2690849"},{"text":"honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131837474","date":"1990"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieremia_Tabai","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ieremia Tabai born?","a":"Ieremia Tabai was born on 16 December 1949 in Nonouti."},{"q":"What positions has Ieremia Tabai held?","a":"Positions held by Ieremia Tabai include: Member of the House of Assembly of Kiribati (2016–2020); President of Kiribati (1983–1991); President of Kiribati (1979–1982)."},{"q":"Where did Ieremia Tabai study?","a":"Ieremia Tabai was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, St Andrew's College."}],"related":[{"name":"Teburoro Tito","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/teburoro-tito"},{"name":"Taneti Maamau","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taneti-maamau"},{"name":"Anote Tong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anote-tong"},{"name":"Teatao Teannaki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/teatao-teannaki"},{"name":"Ata Teaotai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ata-teaotai"},{"name":"Tion Otang","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tion-otang"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ieremia-tabai-e716a3e075.jpg","width":251,"height":324,"license":"Attribution","credit":"MOFA News and Report","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ieremia_Tabai.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ieremia Tabai","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieremia_Tabai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1299331","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299331","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ieremia Tabai.png by MOFA News and Report (Attribution)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ieremia_Tabai.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ieremia Tabai, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ieremia Tabai.png — MOFA News and Report, Attribution.","cite":"\"Ieremia Tabai\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ieremia-tabai. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T07:58:29Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ieremia-tabai","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ieremia-tabai","ne":null}}