{{Short description|I-Kiribati politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Teimwa Onorio | image = File:Teima Onorio.jpg | order = 5th Vice President of Kiribati | term_start = 10 July 2003 | term_end = 12 March 2016 | president = Anote Tong | predecessor = Beniamina Tinga | successor = Kourabi Nenem | office2 = Minister for Internal and Social Affairs | term_start2 = 2012 | term_end2 = 2016 | successor2 = | office3 = Minister for Education, Youth and Sports Development | term_start3 = 2003 | term_end3 = 2007 | successor3 = | term_start4 = 2008 | term_end4 = 2012 | office5 = Minister for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives | term_start5 = 2007 | term_end5 = 2008 | successor5 = | office6 = Member of the House of Assembly | term_start6 = 1998 | term_end6 = | successor6 = | constituency6 = Arorae | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Pillars of Truth | alma_mater = Victoria University of Wellington {{small|(BA)}}<BR>University of East Anglia {{small|(MA)}} | caption = Onorio in 2014 }} '''Teima Onorio''' (also as '''Teimwa''') (born 1963{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}) is an I-Kiribati politician who has been a Member of the House of Assembly since 1998. She served as the vice president of Kiribati from 2003 to 2016.<ref>[http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2009/0529Kiribatiagradecensolidaridad.htm "Kiribati Thanks Cuba for its Cooperation and Solidarity"], Cuban News Agency, May 29, 2009</ref><ref name="parliament.gov.ki">[http://www.parliament.gov.ki/historical.htm "Historical Information on the Parliament of Kiribati"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101122118/http://www.parliament.gov.ki/historical.htm |date=2007-11-01 }}, Kiribati Parliament website</ref>

==Early life== Onorio is the daughter of Rota Onorio, president of Council of State and acting President of Kiribati from 10 December 1982 until 18 February 1983. She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington (BA) and the University of East Anglia (MA, 1990).

==Career== Onorio served as Member of Parliament for the Arorae constituency from 1998 to 2002.<ref name="parliament.gov.ki"/> She has also held the post of Minister for Internal and Social Affairs since 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Members (2012 - 2015)|url=http://www.parliament.gov.ki/content/cabinet-members-2012-2015|website=Parliament of Kiribati|access-date=6 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202234839/http://www.parliament.gov.ki/content/cabinet-members-2012-2015|archive-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> She was Minister for Education, Youth and Sports Development from 2003 to 2007,<ref>[http://portal.unesco.org/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=14671&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html "Séance plénière - Quatorzième séance"], UNESCO, October 7, 2003</ref> before heading the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives from 2007 to 2008<ref>[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/kiribati_585/presentation-kiribati_14610/composition-du-gouvernement_13422.html "Composition du gouvernement: République de Kiribati"], French Foreign Affairs Ministry, November 20, 2007</ref> and then returning to Education, Youth and Sports Development from 2008 to 2012.

As Vice-President of Kiribati, she has represented the Alliance of Small Island States at the United Nations, speaking on the topic of climate change.<ref>[https://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyFAr.asp?NewsID=12973&Cr=assembl%E9e&Cr1=kyoto&Kw1=kyoto&Kw2=&Kw3# "Assemblée générale : appels épars au respect du protocole de Kyoto"], UN News Centre, September 21, 2009</ref>

President Anote Tong reappointed Onorio to a third consecutive term as Vice President on 19 January 2012, as part of his cabinet appointees.<ref name=ki>{{cite news|title=Kiribati President Appoints New Cabinet |url=http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2012/January/01-23-05.htm |work=Kiribati Independent |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=2012-01-19 |access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref> [[File:KiribatiParliamentHouse.jpg|thumb|right|House of Assembly in South Tarawa]]

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