David Collins | |||||||||||||||||
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Minister for Education[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Minister for Women, Youth and Sports[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 15 March 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Member of the House of Assembly for Maiana[2][4] | |||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 8 January 2016[3] | |||||||||||||||||
President of the Kiribati National Olympic Committee[6] | |||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 23 March 2013[5] | |||||||||||||||||
Vice President | Kobebe Taitai | ||||||||||||||||
Vice President of the Kiribati National Olympic Committee | |||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kobebe Taitai | ||||||||||||||||
President of the Kiribati Commonwealth Games Association[7] | |||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 June 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
Profession | Footballer | ||||||||||||||||
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David Collins (born 2 June 1972) is an I-Kiribati politician and was the MP of Maiana. He has also represented Kiribati in basketball and football, playing for the latter as a midfielder at the 2003 South Pacific Games.[8][9]
Elected as MP in Maiana constituency of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu in January 2016, Collins was sworn in as the Kiribati Minister for Women, Youth and Sports in March 2016.[2] Not re-elected in 2020, he terminated his cabinet position in April 2020.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kiribati | 2003 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |