The President of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, has died of a heart attack, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Saturday. He was 67.
Lonsdale, who sacked his government two years ago over a massive
corruption scandal, passed away in the Pacific island nation’s capital
of Port Vila, the AFP reported.
“National Flag is at half staff early this morning. His body is reportedly at the Vila Central Hospital,” the newspaper said.
Former Vanuatu MP Sela Molisa told Radio New Zealand that “Vanuatu has lost one of its greatest leaders.”
Lonsdale, a civil servant before becoming an Anglican priest, was elected to the presidency in 2014.
Although the role was considered largely ceremonial, Lonsdale became a
symbol of hope for Vanuatu when Cyclone Pam caused severe damage in the
country in early 2015.
Six months later he steered the country through a political crisis
when half the government of prime minster Sato Kilman was convicted of
corruption, making them ineligible for office.
After one of the convicted MPs, then-speaker of parliament Marcellino
Pipite, pardoned himself and 13 colleagues in his capacity as acting
president while Lonsdale was overseas, Lonsdale returned to dissolve
parliament and call a snap election which saw Kilman’s government
defeated.
“He was firm and wouldn’t be swayed,” Molisa said. “I’m sure the
government and every other — especially at the political level — people
would recognise that Vanuatu has lost a very outstanding leader.”
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