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She was later appointed to the shadow ministry of [[Penny Haranta]], who served as PWP leader from 2014 to 2017, when she was ousted in a leadership contest by [[William Sarbalsta]]. She continued to serve in the shadow cabinet until the PWP’s victory in the [[2019 Uskadian general election|2019 general election]]. She served as [[Assistant Minister for Mental Health]], before being moved in 2022 to become the Minister of Equalities and Native Uskadian Affairs. She later became Prime Minister in 2024, after her surprise election as PWP leader after the death of incumbent leader and prime minister Peter Jasubulu.
She was later appointed to the shadow ministry of [[Penny Haranta]], who served as PWP leader from 2014 to 2017, when she was ousted in a leadership contest by [[William Sarbalsta]]. She continued to serve in the shadow cabinet until the PWP’s victory in the [[2019 Uskadian general election|2019 general election]]. She served as [[Assistant Minister for Mental Health]], before being moved in 2022 to become the Minister of Equalities and Native Uskadian Affairs. She later became Prime Minister in 2024, after her surprise election as PWP leader after the death of incumbent leader and prime minister Peter Jasubulu.


Under her leadership, the PWP has shifted towards the left, though she still maintained Sasantaists in her cabinet. She continued most of her predecessor's policies. Her premiership was marked by major LGBTQ rights reforms, intervention in [[Guarntura]] and the restoration of Uskad's nuclear deterrent, which was opposed by many in her party. She later called a snap general election after rifts with her cabinet partners, [[Initiative]]. In foreign policy, her government staunchly supported {{wp|Ukraine}} and {{wp|Palestine}}, and Uskad was one of the first countries to recognise the {{wp|Hay'at Tahrir-al Sham|HTS}}-led {{wp|Syrian Transitional Government}}.
Under her leadership, the PWP has shifted towards the left, though she still maintained Sasantaists in her cabinet. She continued most of her predecessor's policies. Her premiership was marked by major LGBTQ rights reforms, intervention in [[Guarntura]] and the restoration of Uskad's nuclear deterrent, which was opposed by many in her party. She later called a snap general election after rifts with her cabinet partners, [[Initiative]]. In foreign policy, her government staunchly supported {{wp|Ukraine}} and {{wp|Palestine}}, and Uskad was one of the first countries to recognise the {{wp|Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham|HTS}}-led {{wp|Syrian Transitional Government}}.

Revision as of 09:46, 21 December 2024


Kekelina Pelita

Official portrait of Kekelina Pelita.jpeg
Official portrait, 2024
20th Prime Minister of Uskad
Assumed office
28 October 2024
President
Deputy
Preceded byPeter Jasubulu
Leader of the Progressive Workers' Party
Assumed office
28 October 2024
DeputyTekelota Hampan
Preceded byPeter Jasubulu
Minister of Equalities and Native Uskadian Affairs
In office
9 March 2022 – 27 October 2024
Prime Minister
DeputyLakanata Traka
Member of the Uskadian Parliament
for Tepana Valley West
Assumed office
21 October 2014
Preceded byPanta Lakala
Majority8,623 (22.5%)
Personal details
Born (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984 (age 40)
Tehumyas, SCT
Political partyProgressive Workers' Party
ResidenceGovernor's Residence, Tehumyas
OccupationPolitician

Kekelina Kartasasmita Matalata Pelita (born 12 January 1984) is an Uskadian politician and former trade unionist who is the incumbent Prime Minister of Uskad and Leader of the Progressive Workers’ Party since 2024. She has been Member of Parliament for Tepana Valley West since 2014. She is the third woman to serve as Prime Minister of Uskad. She previously served as Minister of Equalities and Native Uskadian Affairs from 2022 to 2024. She also held various ministerial positions during the Sarbalsta ministry (2019-2022), She is the second youngest person to serve as Prime Minister, behind her predecessor, Peter Jasubulu. She identifies herself as a Sutiknoite, a left-wing tendency of the party.

Born and raised in Tehumyas to a Javanese Native Uskadian mother and a Buginese Alezian father, Pelita had a working-class upbringing, and is the first prime minister without any academic qualifications. She later worked for the Congress of Uskadian Trade Unions, and later joined the Progressive Workers’ Party. She continued her work as a union official, and was later elected as an MP to the PWP safe seat of Tepana Valley West in 2014.

She was later appointed to the shadow ministry of Penny Haranta, who served as PWP leader from 2014 to 2017, when she was ousted in a leadership contest by William Sarbalsta. She continued to serve in the shadow cabinet until the PWP’s victory in the 2019 general election. She served as Assistant Minister for Mental Health, before being moved in 2022 to become the Minister of Equalities and Native Uskadian Affairs. She later became Prime Minister in 2024, after her surprise election as PWP leader after the death of incumbent leader and prime minister Peter Jasubulu.

Under her leadership, the PWP has shifted towards the left, though she still maintained Sasantaists in her cabinet. She continued most of her predecessor's policies. Her premiership was marked by major LGBTQ rights reforms, intervention in Guarntura and the restoration of Uskad's nuclear deterrent, which was opposed by many in her party. She later called a snap general election after rifts with her cabinet partners, Initiative. In foreign policy, her government staunchly supported Ukraine and Palestine, and Uskad was one of the first countries to recognise the HTS-led Syrian Transitional Government.