Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development

Government ministry of Kiribati

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The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD, Gilbertese: Botaki ibukin te enwarementa, tararuan aaba ao karikirakean te ununiki) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa.^[1]^[2]

It was created as Ministry of Natural Resource Development in March 1978, within the Gilbert Islands colony.

Ministers

Roniti Teiwaki (1978–1982)
Anote Tong (1994–2002)
Tetabo Nakara (2007–2009)
Tiarite Kwong (2011–2016)^[3]
Tebao Awerika (2016–2018)
Alexander Teabo (2018–2020)^[4]
Ruateki Tekaiara (2020–)^[5]

^ "Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development | President Taneti Maamau". www.president.gov.ki. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development". Commonwealth of Nations.
^ "Intervention by Honorable Tiarite G Kwong, Minister of Environment, Land and Agricultural Development". IFAD. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Current Ministers – Maneaba ni Maungatabu". www.parliament.gov.ki. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Kiribati new cabinet Ministers sworn-in". nukualofatimes.tbu.to. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

v t e Cabinet of Kiribati
Head of state and cabinet	Beretitenti (President)
Cabinet ministries	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (MCIC) Ministry of Education (MoE) Ministry of Employment and Human Resources (MEHR) Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD) Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFED) Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFA) Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Ministry of Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism Development (MICTTD) Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (MISE) Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Ministry of Line and Phoenix Islands Development (MLPID) Ministry of Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs (MWYSSA)
Former portfolios	Office of the Attorney General Ministry of Public Works and Utilities (-2016)