{{Short description|Nauruan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix =The Honourable |name = Asterio Appi |honorific_suffix =MP |image = |constituency_MP = Boe |parliament = Nauruan |majority = |predecessor = Mathew Batsiua |successor = |term_start = 2016 |term_end = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |party = |relations = |children = |alma_mater = National Pingtung University of Science and Technology |occupation = |profession = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Asterio Appi''' is a Nauruan politician.
==Early life and education== Asterio Appi studied abroad in Taiwan. He graduated from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology from the Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://nportal.npust.edu.tw/files/14-1000-40101,r1402-1.php?Lang=en|title=NPUST Alumnus Serving on Nauru Parliament Wins MOE Award |publisher= National Pingtung University of Science and Technology|date=|accessdate=16 May 2023}}</ref>
==Career== In March 2016, Appi resigned as director of quarantine at the Department of Justice and Border Control.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grundler|first=Bernard|date=6 April 2016|title=RESIGNATION – SECTION 83|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/2a6f3d46734ed4f9816feace4b3a94e9.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=56|page=5}}</ref> In the 2016 parliamentary election, Appi was elected to represent the Boe Constituency. He was elected alongside Baron Waqa.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=Joseph|date=10 July 2016|title=General Parliamentary Election 2016|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/17a210b2321c9be443987ec124b37b1f.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=132|pages=4}}</ref> After the election, he served as deputy speaker, under Speaker Cyril Buraman.<ref>{{cite web |last1=|first1=|title=Cyril Buraman is the new speaker of Parliament. Asterio Appi is deputy speaker.|url=https://twitter.com/republic_nauru/status/753038625743380480|website=@Republic_Nauru|access-date= 16 May 2023 |language=en |date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.spc.int/updates/news/2016/12/nauru-mps-discuss-human-rights-for-development|title=Nauru MPs discuss human rights for development|publisher= Pacific Community|date=7 December 2016|accessdate=16 May 2023}}</ref> On 9 August 2016, Appi was made a caucus member of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust Working Group.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Paravanoor|first=Sasikumar|date=11 August 2016|title=RECONSTITUTION OF NAURU PHOSPHATE ROYALTIES TRUST WORKING GROUP|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/41d00c21678c5f94363dbd971c886866.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=151|page=3}}</ref> In the 2019 election, Appi was re-elected alongside Martin Hunt.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827103247/https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Boe.pdf|url=https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Boe.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Boe Constituency|date=25 August 2019|archive-date=27 August 2019|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=16 May 2023}}</ref> On 28 August 2019, President Lionel Aingimea appointed Appi to four deputy minister positions: Public Service, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Multicultural Affairs, and the Nauru Air Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aingimea|first=Lionel Rouwen|date=17 September 2019|title=DEPUTY MINISTERS ACT 2019|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/f55286edcf5cceaaa728fa12daf29a93.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=174|page=5}}</ref> Appi was again re-elected in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928073245/https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Boe-2022-Results.pdf|url=https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Boe-2022-Results.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Boe Constituency|date=2022|archive-date=28 September 2022|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=16 May 2023}}</ref> On 29 September, Appi was re-appointed to his previous positions, with the exception of deputy minister for Public Service, and was additionally appointed to as deputy minister to the Eigigu Solutions Corporation and the Nauru Regional Processing Centre Corporation by President Russ Kun.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pareti|first=Kite|url=https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/nauru-cabinet-sworn-into-office/|title=Nauru cabinet sworn into office|work=Islands Business|date=29 September 2022|accessdate=16 May 2023}}</ref> On 22 March 2023, President Kun revoked his position as deputy minister for Multicultural Affairs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kun|first=Russ Joseph|date=22 March 2023|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/ae21417578933fa533a1aa3593e7ec92.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=59|page=1}}</ref>
After President David Adeang was sworn in on 31 October 2023, Appi was made Minister for Education, Climate Change and National Resilience, Naoero Postal Services, and Land Management.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023|title=Nauru's President Adeang sworn in, names his Cabinet|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/501366/nauru-s-president-adeang-sworn-in-names-his-cabinet|access-date=1 November 2023|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref>
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