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Alfred Maseng

Alfred Maseng is the president of Vanuatu. He has been president since April 12, 2004, when he was elected by parliament. He had previously been acting president of Vanuatu from January 30 to March 2, 1994, while he was speaker of parliament and an acting president was needed in the interval between the expiration of a president's term and the next presidential election. In the 2004 presidential elections, Maseng was one of 32 candidates, and a two thirds majority was needed to win. Balloting started on April 8, but this session and another session on April 10 failed to result in a majority of any candidate. In the fourth round of balloting on April 12, Maseng defeated the government's candidate, Kalkot Mataskelakele, by a vote of 41 to 16, and was sworn in immediately.

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