The Honourable
Vodrick Detsiogo
MP
Member of the Nauruan Parliament
for Meneng
In office
2016–2019
Preceded bySquire Jeremiah
Succeeded byKhyde Menke

Vodrick Detsiogo is a Nauruan politician.

Career

Before entering politics, Detsiogo worked as a pilot in Japan, Nauru, and New Zealand.[1]

In the 2016 Nauruan parliamentary election, Detsiogo was elected to represent the Meneng Constituency. He was elected alongside Tawaki Kam and Lionel Aingimea.[2] On 20 July, he was sworn in as assistant minister of education, transport, and the Nauru Air Corporation.[3] In parliament, he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Constitutional Review Committee. He also served as Chair of Subsidiary Legislation and Deputy Chairman of Committees.[1][4] In the 2019 election, Detsiogo lost re-election. Out of nine candidates, Detsiogo came in fifth.[5] In the 2022 election, Detsiogo was again defeated, coming in fifth out of eleven candidates.[6]

In March 2022, Detsiogo served as a pilot, alongside Kristian Keke and Dylan Rimmer, on the inaugural flight of VH-INU, a new Boeing 737-700 aircraft of Nauru Airlines, from Brisbane, Australia to Nauru.[7]

Personal life

On 22 July 1991, Detsiogo married Eleanor Harris of the Aiwo District at the Orro Congregational Church.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delegate bios". New Zealand Parliament. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Cain, Joseph (10 July 2016). "General Parliamentary Election 2016" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (132): 4.
  3. ↑ Narayan, Rita (21 July 2016). "MPs sworn in as assistant ministers in Nauru". Loop Nauru (Press release). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Role of Parliamentarians in Addressing Noncommunicable Diseases and Healthy Ageing, Tokyo, Japan, 24-25 August 2017". World Health Organization. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Declaration of Results 2019 Parliamentary Elections Meneng Constituency" (PDF). Nauru Electoral Commission. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Declaration of Results 2022 Parliamentary Elections Meneng Constituency" (PDF). Nauru Electoral Commission. 26 September 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nauru Airlines new aircraft arrives home". Loop Nauru (Press release). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Cain, M. B. (11 September 1991). "BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (71): 4.


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