Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i | |
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.jpg) Liñi in 1989 | |
| Minister of Justice, Culture and Women's Affairs | |
| In office October 1996 – November 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Natuman |
| Succeeded by | Walter Lini |
| Minister of Rural Water Supply and Health | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Member of Parliament from theConstituency of Port Vila | |
| In office 1987–1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-09-07)7 September 1954 Pentecost Island,New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) |
| Died | 25 May 2025(2025-05-25) (aged 70) Port Vila, Vanuatu |
| Relations | Walter Lini (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Papua New Guinea |
| Awards | Nuclear-Free Future Award (2005) |
Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i[1] (7 September 1954 – 25 May 2025) was a Ni-Vanuatu politician, atribal chief of theTuraga nation ofPentecost Island inVanuatu in theSouth Pacific, who was associated with thenuclear-free Pacific movement, women's rights, indigenous rights and environmental issues.
Lin̄i was born on 7 September 1954.[2][3][4][5] An alumna of theUniversity of Papua New Guinea, following Vanuatu's independence in 1980, she became one of the first two women elected to theParliament of Vanuatu, in1987.
She served as member of parliament until 1996. During the early 1990s, as Minister of Health, she helped to persuade theWorld Health Organization to bring the question of the legality ofnuclear weapons to theInternational Court of Justice inThe Hague. She was brieflyMinister of Justice, from October 1996 to November 1996.[6] She received TheNuclear-Free Future Award in 2005.[7] She was a sister of Vanuatu's first Prime Minister,Walter Lin̄i.
Lin̄i died atPort Vila Central Hospital in Port Vila, on 25 May 2025, at the age of 70.[8]
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