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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Short description|Maavine consort of Freice}}
| honorific-prefix   = The Honourable
{{Infobox royalty
| name               = Kiso Toma
| honorific-prefix =  
| native_name        = {{nobold|基礎 トマ}}
| name = Makeeia Taaguvigi
| honorific-suffix   = [[List_of_post-nominal_letters_(Freice)#Legislative_offices|KM]] [[List_of_post-nominal_letters_(Freice)#Professional_offices|MKHF]]
| image              = [[File:Makeeia Taaguvigi (2022).jpeg|220px]]
| image              = [[File:Chizuko Takahashi 20221205hyoukei 0.jpg|Kiso in July 2022|220px]]
| caption            = Makeeia in 2023
| alt          = Kiso in July 2022.
| succession= [[Maaita of Freice|Regent of Freice]]<br><small>Designate of the Representative Council in<br>Charge of Office</small>
| caption            = Kiso in 2022
| reign= 22 December 2023 – present
| reign-type=Tenure
| suc-type   = Maaita
| successor  = [[Kaana Tenkel]]
| predecessor=
| succession1= [[Maaita of Freice#Regency|Maavine consort of Freice]]
| reign1= 30 January 2023 – present
| reign-type1=Tenure
| predecessor1= Keloia Lakalou
| successor1 =
| full name = Makeeia Taaguvigi
| birth_name          = Makeeia Taaguvigi
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1969|3|9|df=y}}
| birth_place        = Sekaapa, [[Freice]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Kaana Tenkel]]<br/>|2018}}
| issue =[[Mevarau Kaana|Mevarau Kaana, Tuaa Mula]]<br>Suvea Kaana
| occupation = Historian
| father= Jeresije Eranasa
| mother= Taaguvigi Maaiava}}
<blockquote>''This is a [[Freice|Freician]] name. The last name is matronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Makeeia.''</blockquote>
'''Makeeia Taaguvigi''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Freice_National_Awards|ACB]]}} (born 9 March 1969) is a [[Freice|Freician]] historian and author. Since January 2023 she has served as [[Maaita of Freice|Maavine of Freice]] as the wife of [[Maaita of Freice|Maaita]] [[Kaana Tenkel]]. Makeeia has served as regent for her husband since 22 December 2023.


| office              = [[Speaker of the General Kiuva]]
==Background==
| termstart          = 23 January 2023
Makeeia was born in Sekaapa, Freice. She is the youngest of five the five children of Taaguvigi Maaiava (1942-2010) and Jeresije Eranasa (1940-1999). Her father served as a police officer before an in-work injury forced him into early retirement, whilst her mother was a housewife. Due to Jeresije's injury, Taaguvigi had to work as a domestic servant and cleaner, which she continued to do until the end of her life.
| termend            =  
| 1blankname      = Monarch
| 1namedata        = [[Monarchy of Riamo|Diana II]]
| predecessor        = Siega Pokigna
| successor          =


| office1              = Member of the [[General Kiuva]] for<br>Mopeta Pratsa
She was educated at the Sekaapa School for Girls - the first in her family to be educated out of the home. Having shown an interest in history at an early age, her mother made contact with prominent Freician academics through her work as a domestic servant, and succeeded in getting a scholarship for her daughter to attend a Riamese school. Makeeia subsequently attended the Guri High School, winning another scholarship to enter the Royal University of Nashe.
| termstart1          = 23 January 2023
| alongside1          = Fuoa Kaleki
| termend1            =
| predecessor1        = Taqame Natpiau
| successor1          =


| office2            = Deputy Leader of [[Tigetua'me Kenetasi]]
She received her BA and MSt degrees in 1990 and 1992 respectively, briefly returning to Freice to become a teacher. She then returned to Riamo to study for a PhD at Victoria University, receiving her doctorate in 2001.
| termstart2          = 12 September 2022
| termend2            =
| 1blankname2      = Leader
| 1namedata2        = [[Kana Tenqel]]
| predecessor2        = Seime Etu
| successor2          =


| office3              = Chair of Peka District Authority
==Career==
| termstart3          = 13 June 2022
In 2002, she became a senior research fellow in Kaldaic studies at Victoria University, becoming a lecturer in Kaldaic studies in 2005. In 2011, she became senior lecturer in history at the Polytechnic School of Sefa and became a full professor in Kaldaic history in 2019.
| termend3            = 23 January 2023
| predecessor3        = ''Office established''
| successor3          = Mualatamu Tumoa


| office4            = Member of Peka District Authority for the 4th Ward
Makeeia has written three books on Freician and Kaldaic history, and authored or co-authored a number of journal articles. Her first book, ''A Sea Life: Living and Being in Freice'' (2003) is recognised as a key work in Freician historical and anthropological writing. Subsequent books, ''The History of Freice'' (2009) and ''The Kaldaic People - Heritage and Memory in the Twenty-First Century'' (2015), have become important academic works in Kaldaic studies.
| termstart4          = 10 June 2022
| termend4            = 23 January 2023
| 1blankname4      = Mayor
| 1namedata4        = [[Kana Tenqel]]
| predecessor4        = ''Office established''
| successor4          = Seuia Nelige


| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1964|05|28|df=y}}
In 2015, Makeeia was appointed Chair of the Freice Education Board, serving for two years until her resignation in 2018. She subsequently worked within the Education, Sport, and Culture Committee as an advisor until 2022. She resigned from her position following her husband's arrest. In 2023, shortly after becoming Maavine consort, she became Principal of the Sekaapa Comprehensive High School and College for a two-year term.
| birth_place        = Soni, [[Freice]]
| party              = [[Tigetua'me Kenetasi]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Anno Hiroya|2004}}
| children            = 2
| alma_mater          = [[Hoterallia#Education|University of Gerkoller]]
| website            =
}}
<blockquote>''This is a [[Freice|Freician]] name. The last name is matronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kiso.''</blockquote>
'''Kiso Toma''' [[List_of_post-nominal_letters_(Freice)#Professional_offices|MKHF]] (基礎 トマ, born 28 May 1964) is a [[Freice|Freician]] artist and politician from [[Tigetua'me Kenetasi]] (TMK) who has been the Chair of Peka District Authority and member of the authority from Peka's 4th District since June 2022.


Kiso comes from a [[Hoterallia|Hoterallian]] family who came to Freice with [[Hoterallian Occupation of Freice|Hoterallian Governance]] in 1927. Her family initially settled in [[Sekapa]], where her father was in the Hoterallian navy, before moving to central Freice (what is now Peka) in 1958. She attended the [[Hoterallia#Education|University of Gerkoller]], studying art and art history, before returning to Freice to work full-time as an art teacher.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref>
==Maavine consort==
In January 2023, Kaana Tenkel assumed the role of Maaita. As his wife, Makeeia became Maavine consort and moved with him to the ''Muleptam Maaita''. She was present when her husband took the oath as he assumed his new position. As Maavine, she has continued her work as an historian and author, and has begun to give guided tours of the Muleptam as part of the Maaita's "Open House" initiative.


She has been a prominent member of the Hoterallian community in Freice, having served as vice-president of Freice-Hoterallian Friendship Association from 2005 until 2009.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref> Nonetheless, she has stressed her identity as a "Freician of Hoterallian descent", arguing that Hoterallians living in Freice should identify with their country of residence more than their country of origin.<ref name=": Twatt2">@kisotoma1 (29 June 2022). [https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "I think all Hoterallians in Freice agree with me that were are 'Freicians of Hoterallian descent' - our allegiance is to Freice, as is our heart."] - via [https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ Twatter].</ref> She joined Kana's Empowered Citizens (now Tigetua'me Kenetasi) on its founding in 2022 and became a candidate for the Peka District Authority in the [[2022 elections in Freice|June 2022 elections]]. She was elected a member of the authority and subsequently became Chair of the Authority (the de facto deputy to Mayor [[Kana Tenqel]]).<ref name=": Elect222">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Aniara takes top job, Kana wins Peka race"]. ''Kaposa Tama''. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.</ref>
Makeeia undertook her first solo engagement as Maavine on 19 February 2023 when she visited the National Museum of Freice to tour an exhibition on architecture. In June 2023 she was appointed President of the Freice Red Cross and established the Maavine Makeeia Women's Foundation in November 2023 to help promote women in education.


She is seen as Kana's number two in the party, both in terms of position and her close political relationship with him. She is also regarded as being on the left of the party, emphasising a left-libertarian political outlook, supporting social ownership of property as a means of achieving personal freedom.<ref name=": HHK">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Hoterallians elected in Freice elections"]. ''HHK (in Common)''. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref>
===Regent===
On 18 December 2023 it was announced that Kaana would take an extended leave over Christmas, staying at his private residence in [[Pohnpenesia]]. This came following widely-criticised behaviour during a civic event the previous Saturday, where he was reported to have made inappropriate comments to guests. Makeeia assumed the duties of regent on 22 December, in accordance with the Constitution. She is the first female to possess the powers of Maaita and the first formal regent.{{efn|There have been three previous regents, but they have unofficially wielded the powers of Maaita without any legal basis.}}


==Early life and education==
==Personal life==
Kiso was born on 28 May 1968 in Soni to Naru and Toma Goda (née Nara). She is the first in her family to use traditional Freician naming conventions, taking a matronymic for her second name rather than her father's surname.<ref name=": HHK2">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Who is Kiso Toma?"]. ''HHK (in Common)''. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.</ref> Her father was a journalist and researcher for Radio and Television Freice, whilst her mother was a carer. Her grandfather, Kaoru Miyake, served in the [[Imperial Hoterallian Navy]] and was stationed in Freice from 1927 until the end of Hoterallian Governance in 1931. He left the navy at this time and settled permanently in Freice.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref>
Makeeia has been in a relationship with [[Kaana Tenkel]] since 2003, marrying in 2018. They have two children together and live together in Sekaapa.
 
Kiso grew up in Soni, moving to Sekapa at 15 with her family. She took her [[Education_in_Freice#Secondary_school|WEL exams]]. After initial plans to study medicine at the [[University School of Medicine, Freice|University School of Medicine]], she eventually oped to study art and art history at the University of Gerkoller. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She returned to Freice upon graduation and qualified to teach art.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref>
 
==Professional life==
Kiso taught art at Kerna Homara Oietona from 1992 until 2000. She also became a school governor for Kerna Soni.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref> In 1998, she became vice-principal of the school, and served on the Sekapa Land Area Council's education board from 1998 until 2000.<ref name=": 123">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Ms. Kiso Toma to leave post"]. ''Sekapa Land Area Gazette''. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.</ref> In 2000, she moved to Geri (now Roheo Radei Oratite) and became vice-principal of Kerna Sani.<ref name=": 123">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Ms. Kiso Toma to leave post"]. ''Sekapa Land Area Gazette''. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.</ref>
[[File:Plamago (Bloom) by Kiso Tora.jpg|thumb|left|235px|Plamago (''Bloom'').]]
In 2005, she was appointed vice-president of Freice-Hoterallian Friendship Association (RHFH).<ref name=": 1.">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Kiso Toma appointed Vice-President"]. ''Rup Hioka oe Faio ka Hoteraio''. Archived 28 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2022.</ref> As vice-president, she played an important role in strengthening Freco-Hoterallian relations, welcoming the Hoterallian foreign minister to Freice in 2007 and advising the Freician government on its policies regarding the Hoterallian community in Freice.<ref name=": 12.">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Kiso Toma to leave post"]. ''Rup Hioka oe Faio ka Hoteraio''. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.</ref>
 
Kiso returned to teaching upon leaving her post, returning to her birthplace as an art teacher at Kerna Soni.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref>


===Art===
Following Kaana's arrest in 2022, there were reports that Makeeia's resignation as an Education Committee advisor arose from the pressures surrounding her husband. E Tai Seelit reported that Makeeia was "resentful" and "full of animosity" towards her husband. In 2023, following Kaana assuming the Maaitaship, E Tai Seelit further reported that the two lived in different wings of the Muleptam Maaita and maintained "largely separate lives."
Kiso is a prolific artist, with a number of her works put on public display. Her most famous work is ''Plamago'' ('Bloom'), which was displayed as part of the RHFH's ''Art and Nature'' exhibition in 2008. The piece won the Freice National Art Prize in 2009 and was displayed in the Assembly of Delegates building during its 2009-2010 session.<ref name=": 122.">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "'Plamago' to go on display in Assembly"]. ''Radio and Television Freice''. Archived 9 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2022.</ref>


She has also created a number of works which have been displayed in Hoterallia, including ''Peace in Motion'' (平和の動き) and ''Dog for the Emperor'' (皇帝のための犬).<ref name=": HHK2">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Who is Kiso Toma?"]. ''HHK (in Common)''. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.</ref>
Makeeia is a Christian and attends church regularly.
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==Politics==
Kiso has been an active trade unionist, serving as representative for Geri at the Freice Teacher's Union conference in 1996, 1997, and 1999.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref>


Kiso joined [[List of political parties in Freice|Kana's Empowered Citizens]] shortly after its founding. She was nominated as a candidate for the newly-created Peka District Authority in the June 2022 elections. In the election, KTP won 9 of the 14 seats, with Kiso elected to represent the district's 12th Ward.<ref name=": Jun22_con">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Results of District Authority Elections, June 2022"] (PDF). ''Electoral Council of Freice''. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.</ref> She was subsequently elected as Chair of the Peka District Authority, serving as speaker of the assembly and non-statutory deputy to Mayor of Peka Kana Tenqel. She was appointed Deputy Leader of her party on 12 September 2022, taking over from Seime Etu.<ref name=": Dept">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "TMK shuffles leadership"]. ''Radio and Television Freice''. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.</ref>
==Honours==
In 2009, Makeeia was awarded the [[Freice National Awards|Community Service Medal]] for her contributions to Freician history and raising Freice's profile overseas.


===Chair of Peka District Authority===
==Notes==
As Chair of the Authority, Kiso is regarded as the second-most powerful person in KTP after Kana, due to her close working relationship with Kana. This is despite her previously having no formal leadership role in the party, with the deputy leader being Seime Etu, [[Politics_of_Freice#Government_Council|deputy Prime Minister of Freice]] in the coalition government of [[Aniara Neileka]], until her eventual succession.<ref name=": 12ab">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Kiso the power behind the Kananite throne"]. ''Kaposa Tama''. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.</ref>
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Generally, Kiso is seen as representing the left-wing of her party, particularly due to her overtly anti-capitalist rhetoric.<ref name=": 12ab">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Kiso the power behind the Kananite throne"]. ''Kaposa Tama''. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.</ref> As Chair of Peka District Authority, she has promoted policies improving education standards, including the establishment of an education and children ombudsman for the district, and raising environmental standards.<ref name=": 12ab">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Kiso the power behind the Kananite throne"]. ''Kaposa Tama''. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.</ref>
 
===Speaker of the General Kiuva===
Kiso was elected a Member of the General Kiuva in the [[2023 Freician general election]], and was further elected Speaker on 23 January. She is the first person of colour to hold the office of legislative presiding officer, and the highest-ranked political figure of non-Freician ancestry in the modern history of the country.<ref name=": 1234d">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Freice: Kiso Toma makes history as Speaker appointee"]. ''Riamo News''. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Kiso has been married to Anno Hiroya since 2004, having met him whilst at university. He is also an artist and has had a number of exhibitions of his art in Hoterallia and Freice. He moved to Freice in 1998.<ref name=": HHK">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Hoterallians elected in Freice elections"]. ''HHK (in Common)''. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref>
 
She speaks Freician, Hoterallian, and the Common Language, although she has expressed her preference for Freician.<ref name=": About">[https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "Team > Kiso Toma"]. ''ktp.faio''. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.</ref> She uses Hoterallian at home.
 
She is a devout Gaoist, and has said that her art is used to connect with her "inner Gao". She has suggested that she would become a Gaoist priest if she left politics.<ref name=": Twatt1">@kisotoma1 (18 June 2022). [https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ "I have greatly enjoyed meeting different religious leaders today. I'm sure that if I were to leave politics (not just yet though!), I'd like to follow in their footsteps."] - via [https://i.imgur.com/LJrd3HN.jpg/ Twatter].</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Tigetua'me Kenetasi]]
* [[Maaita of Freice]]
* [[Kana Tenqel]]
* [[Kaana Tenkel]]
* [[Aniara Neileka]]
* [[Politics of Freice]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 15:22, 19 January 2024

Makeeia Taaguvigi
Makeeia Taaguvigi (2022).jpeg
Makeeia in 2023
Regent of Freice
Designate of the Representative Council in
Charge of Office
Tenure22 December 2023 – present
MaaitaKaana Tenkel
Maavine consort of Freice
Tenure30 January 2023 – present
PredecessorKeloia Lakalou
BornMakeeia Taaguvigi
(1969-03-09) 9 March 1969 (age 55)
Sekaapa, Freice
Spouse
Kaana Tenkel
(m. 2018)
IssueMevarau Kaana, Tuaa Mula
Suvea Kaana
Full name
Makeeia Taaguvigi
FatherJeresije Eranasa
MotherTaaguvigi Maaiava
OccupationHistorian

This is a Freician name. The last name is matronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Makeeia.

Makeeia Taaguvigi ACB (born 9 March 1969) is a Freician historian and author. Since January 2023 she has served as Maavine of Freice as the wife of Maaita Kaana Tenkel. Makeeia has served as regent for her husband since 22 December 2023.

Background

Makeeia was born in Sekaapa, Freice. She is the youngest of five the five children of Taaguvigi Maaiava (1942-2010) and Jeresije Eranasa (1940-1999). Her father served as a police officer before an in-work injury forced him into early retirement, whilst her mother was a housewife. Due to Jeresije's injury, Taaguvigi had to work as a domestic servant and cleaner, which she continued to do until the end of her life.

She was educated at the Sekaapa School for Girls - the first in her family to be educated out of the home. Having shown an interest in history at an early age, her mother made contact with prominent Freician academics through her work as a domestic servant, and succeeded in getting a scholarship for her daughter to attend a Riamese school. Makeeia subsequently attended the Guri High School, winning another scholarship to enter the Royal University of Nashe.

She received her BA and MSt degrees in 1990 and 1992 respectively, briefly returning to Freice to become a teacher. She then returned to Riamo to study for a PhD at Victoria University, receiving her doctorate in 2001.

Career

In 2002, she became a senior research fellow in Kaldaic studies at Victoria University, becoming a lecturer in Kaldaic studies in 2005. In 2011, she became senior lecturer in history at the Polytechnic School of Sefa and became a full professor in Kaldaic history in 2019.

Makeeia has written three books on Freician and Kaldaic history, and authored or co-authored a number of journal articles. Her first book, A Sea Life: Living and Being in Freice (2003) is recognised as a key work in Freician historical and anthropological writing. Subsequent books, The History of Freice (2009) and The Kaldaic People - Heritage and Memory in the Twenty-First Century (2015), have become important academic works in Kaldaic studies.

In 2015, Makeeia was appointed Chair of the Freice Education Board, serving for two years until her resignation in 2018. She subsequently worked within the Education, Sport, and Culture Committee as an advisor until 2022. She resigned from her position following her husband's arrest. In 2023, shortly after becoming Maavine consort, she became Principal of the Sekaapa Comprehensive High School and College for a two-year term.

Maavine consort

In January 2023, Kaana Tenkel assumed the role of Maaita. As his wife, Makeeia became Maavine consort and moved with him to the Muleptam Maaita. She was present when her husband took the oath as he assumed his new position. As Maavine, she has continued her work as an historian and author, and has begun to give guided tours of the Muleptam as part of the Maaita's "Open House" initiative.

Makeeia undertook her first solo engagement as Maavine on 19 February 2023 when she visited the National Museum of Freice to tour an exhibition on architecture. In June 2023 she was appointed President of the Freice Red Cross and established the Maavine Makeeia Women's Foundation in November 2023 to help promote women in education.

Regent

On 18 December 2023 it was announced that Kaana would take an extended leave over Christmas, staying at his private residence in Pohnpenesia. This came following widely-criticised behaviour during a civic event the previous Saturday, where he was reported to have made inappropriate comments to guests. Makeeia assumed the duties of regent on 22 December, in accordance with the Constitution. She is the first female to possess the powers of Maaita and the first formal regent.[a]

Personal life

Makeeia has been in a relationship with Kaana Tenkel since 2003, marrying in 2018. They have two children together and live together in Sekaapa.

Following Kaana's arrest in 2022, there were reports that Makeeia's resignation as an Education Committee advisor arose from the pressures surrounding her husband. E Tai Seelit reported that Makeeia was "resentful" and "full of animosity" towards her husband. In 2023, following Kaana assuming the Maaitaship, E Tai Seelit further reported that the two lived in different wings of the Muleptam Maaita and maintained "largely separate lives."

Makeeia is a Christian and attends church regularly.

Honours

In 2009, Makeeia was awarded the Community Service Medal for her contributions to Freician history and raising Freice's profile overseas.

Notes

  1. There have been three previous regents, but they have unofficially wielded the powers of Maaita without any legal basis.

See also