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Teima Onorio (new orth Teimwa) (born 1963) is the current Vice President of the Republic of Kiribati. She served a first term of Vice President from 2003 to 2007, before being reappointed in 2007 and 2012.She has also held the post of Minister for Internal and Social Affairs since 2012. She Minister for Education, Youth and Sports Development from 2003 to 2007, before heading the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives from 2007 to 2008 and then returning to Education, Youth and Sports Development from 2008 to 2012.Onorio was educated at Victoria University of Wellington (BA) and the University of East Anglia (MA, 1990). She served as Member of Parliament for the Arorae constituency from 1998 to 2002. She is the daughter of Rota Onorio, president of Council of State, and acting President of Kiribati from 10 December 1982 until 18 February 1983.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.President Anote Tong reappointed Onorio to a third consecutive term as Vice President on January 19, 2012, as part of his cabinet appointees. She was sworn into office for her third term on the 19th January 2012.