Background
Tabai, Ieremia Tienang was born in 1950 in Nonouti, Kiribati, WORLD0.
Tabai, Ieremia Tienang was born in 1950 in Nonouti, Kiribati, WORLD0.
Student, St. Andrew's College, Christchurch, New Zealand. Graduate, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
With, Treasury Department, Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) secretary general, Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji, since 1992; leader of the opposition, Kiribati, 1975-1978; chief minister, Kiribati, 1978; president, minister foreign affairs, Republic of Kiribati, 1979-1991; minister environmental and natural resource development, Republic of Kiribati, 1992; secretary general, Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji, since 1992. Worked to secure independence of Kiribati.
Married; 3 chidlren.