{{Short description|Nauruan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Maverick Eoe | honorific_suffix = MP | image = Maverick Eoe 2020 (cropped).jpg | constituency_MP = Anabar | parliament = Nauruan | majority = | predecessor = Ludwig Scotty | successor = | term_start = 2019 | term_end = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Nauru | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Maverick Eoe''' (born 26 March 1987) is a Nauruan politician.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=M. B.|date=24 June 1987|title=BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/e90d10d124172956c723ee441f995ff3.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=43|page=2}}</ref>
==Career== Before entering politics, Eoe competed in powerlifting.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.openpowerlifting.org/u/maverickeoe|title=Maverick Eoe (M)|publisher=Open Powerlifting|date=|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> In 2007, Eoe represented Nauru at the South Pacific Games.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://oceaniapowerlifting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PACIFIC-GAMES-PGC-2003-2015.pdf|title=Pacific Games 2003-2015|publisher=Oceania Powerlifting Federation|date=2018|page=4|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> As of 2019, he was the Nauru Powerlifting Federation Secretary-General.<ref name ="justice">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523210346/https://naurugov.nr/media/63916/nauru_bulletin__14_11sep2019__198_.pdf|url=https://naurugov.nr/media/63916/nauru_bulletin__14_11sep2019__198_.pdf|title=Justice minister welcomed by secretary|work=Nauru Bulletin|date=11 September 2019|page=6|archive-date=23 May 2022|publisher=Republic of Nauru|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref>
By 2017, Eoe worked as a pleader in the Office of the Solicitor General. In May 2019, he resigned his position to pursue politics.<ref name ="justice"/> In the 2019 parliamentary election, Eoe was elected to represent the Anabar Constituency. He was elected alongside Pyon Deiye.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827103243/https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Anabar.pdf|url=https://www.election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Anabar.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Anabar Constituency|date=25 August 2019|archive-date=27 August 2019|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> They defeated long-serving members of parliament Ludwig Scotty and Riddell Akua.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523210346/https://naurugov.nr/media/63916/nauru_bulletin__14_11sep2019__198_.pdf|url=https://naurugov.nr/media/63916/nauru_bulletin__14_11sep2019__198_.pdf|title=Election Day – 24 August|work=Nauru Bulletin|date=11 September 2019|page=2|archive-date=23 May 2022|publisher=Republic of Nauru|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> On 28 August, Eoe was appointed by President Lionel Aingimea as Minister for Justice and Border Control and as Minister for Sports.<ref>{{cite press release|last=|first=|url=https://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/all-new-cabinet-named-nauru-president-aingimea-86628|title=All new Cabinet named by Nauru President Aingimea|work=Loop Nauru|date=29 August 2019|accessdate=15 May 2023|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604160851/https://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/all-new-cabinet-named-nauru-president-aingimea-86628|url-status=dead}}</ref> As sports minister, Eoe pushed Nauru's bid to host the Micronesian Games in 2026. In July 2022, it was announced by the Micronesian Games Council that Nauru would host the event in 2026. The same month, Eoe announced the construction of a new stadium in Nauru for the Micronesian Games.<ref name="Nauru to Host">{{cite news |title=Nauru to Host 2026 Micronesian Games |url=https://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/nauru-host-2026-micronesian-games-114868 |publisher=Loop Nauru |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
Eoe was re-elected to parliament in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929103723/https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anabar-2022-Results.pdf|url=https://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anabar-2022-Results.pdf|title=Declaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Anabar Constituency|date=25 August 2022|archive-date=29 September 2022|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> On 29 September, President Russ Kun appointed as Deputy Minister for Justice and the Cenpac Corporation.<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=15 May 2023}}</ref> On 21 March 2023, President Kun revoked his previous appoints and appointed him as Deputy for Commerce and Business Development.<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=2}}</ref>
After President David Adeang was sworn in on 31 October 2023, Eoe took an oath of office for a deputy minister position.<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>
==Personal life== On 19 May 2006, Eoe and Gemmyma Notte, of the Uaboe District, became engaged.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scotty|first=Ludwig|date=7 June 2006|title=ENGAGEMENT TO MARRY|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/af62a9ce3c81edf9f50dc74a0a14ffd1.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=35|page=3}}</ref> The couple married on 3 June 2006.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=M. B.|date=25 October 2006|title=BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/ccc68233607bf240b02a9ad7bf77cfff.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=82|page=6}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Nauru Parliament}}
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