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10 Facts About Pupuke Robati

1.

Sir Pupuke Robati, KBE was a Cook Island politician.

2.

Pupuke Robati served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 29 July 1987 to 1 February 1989.

3.

Pupuke Robati completed his primary and secondary schooling in Manihiki and Rarotonga.

4.

Pupuke Robati studied medicine at the Fiji School of Medicine and graduated as a surgeon in 1948.

5.

Pupuke Robati was re-elected in the 1968 election, and in 1972 he joined the newly created Democratic Party.

6.

Pupuke Robati was re-elected in eight more general elections as a candidate for the Democratic Party.

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Pupuke Robati was a boxer, and in 1944 was the Cook Islands' champion bantamweight boxer.

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8.

Pupuke Robati was the chair of the Cook Islands' federation of amateur boxing for more than 30 years.

9.

In 1977, Pupuke Robati was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.

10.

Pupuke Robati was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 New Year Honours.