# Apenera Short

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{{Short description|Cook Islands politician}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Sir Apenera Pera Short
| honorific_suffix = [KBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire)
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| alt              = 
| office           = [Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands](/source/Queen's_Representative)
| monarch          = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| prime_minister   = [Geoffrey Henry](/source/Geoffrey_Henry)<br/>[Joe Williams](/source/Joe_Williams_(Cook_Islands_politician))
| term_start       = 19 December 1990
| term_end         = 14 November 2000
| predecessor      = [Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa](/source/Tangaroa_Tangaroa)
| successor        = [Laurence Greig](/source/Laurence_Greig)
| office1          = [Deputy Premier of the Cook Islands](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_Cook_Islands)
| alongside1       = [Tiakana Numanga](/source/Tiakana_Numanga)
| premier1         = [Albert Henry](/source/Albert_Henry_(politician))
| term_start1      = 1974
| term_end1        = 1978
| predecessor1     = Manea Tamarua (1967)
| successor1       = [Pupuke Robati](/source/Pupuke_Robati)
| birth_date       = 4 February 1916
| birth_place      = [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga), [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2011|6|15|1916|2|4|df=y}}
| death_place      = Rarotonga, Cook Islands
| spouse           = Maui Timata i te Rui Cowan
| children         = 14
| party            = [Cook Islands Party](/source/Cook_Islands_Party)
| occupation       = Teacher, Politician
}}

'''Sir Apenera Pera Short''' {{post-nominals|KBE}} (4 February 1916 – 15 June 2011) was a [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands) politician and from 1990 to 2000 was the [Queen's Representative](/source/Queen's_Representative) in the Cook Islands.

Short was born on [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga). He was a school teacher in [Ngatangiia](/source/Ngatangiia) at from 1951 to 1956 was a teacher at [Tereora College](/source/Tereora_College) in [Avarua](/source/Avarua). In 1939, he married Maui Timata i te Rui Cowan; the couple had 14 children, including two sets of twins.

In the [1965 Cook Islands election](/source/1965_Cook_Islands_general_election), Short was elected as a member of the [Cook Islands Legislative Assembly](/source/Parliament_of_the_Cook_Islands) and joined the Cabinet of the ruling [Cook Islands Party](/source/Cook_Islands_Party) as a Minister of the Crown and [Deputy Premier](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_Cook_Islands). Short held this position until 1978.

On 19 December 1990, Short was appointed to succeed Sir [Tangaroa Tangaroa](/source/Tangaroa_Tangaroa) as the [Queen's Representative](/source/Queen's_Representative). Short held this position until 14 December 2000. He was succeeded by [Lawrence Greig](/source/Lawrence_Greig), who held the position in an acting capacity until [Frederick Tutu Goodwin](/source/Frederick_Tutu_Goodwin) was appointed in 2001.

==Honours==
Short was appointed a [Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (KBE) by [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II) in 1995.

In March 1997 he was appointed a commander of the [Order of Tahiti Nui](/source/Order_of_Tahiti_Nui).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.france-phaleristique.com/ordre_tahiti_nui_titulaires.htm |title=LISTE DES TITULAIRES |publisher= |date=21 July 2021 |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>

==Death==
Short died at his home in Muri Beach, [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga), aged 95.<ref>[http://www3.cookislandsnews.com/2011/June/Wed15/sir-apenera.php "Sir Apenera memorial"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027213332/http://www3.cookislandsnews.com/2011/June/Wed15/sir-apenera.php |date=27 October 2011 }}, ''Cook Islands News'', 16 June 2011.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*Howard Henry (2002). ''Rise and Rise of the Cook Islands Party: Cook Islands Politics and the Road to Self-government: on 4 August 1965'' (Auckland: Sovereign Pacific Publishing, {{ISBN|0-9582338-3-7}}).
*[Ron Crocombe](/source/Ron_Crocombe) (ed.) (1979). ''Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story'' (Auckland: Institute of Pacific Studies, {{ISBN|0-908597-00-2}}).

==External links==
*[http://www.ck/whoswho.htm Who's Who in the Cook Islands]

{{Queen's Representatives of the Cook Islands}}

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