Apenera Short

Sir Apenera Pera Short KBE
Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands
In office 19 December 1990 – 14 November 2000
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Geoffrey Henry Joe Williams
Preceded by	Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa
Succeeded by	Laurence Greig
Deputy Premier of the Cook Islands
In office 1974–1978 Serving with Tiakana Numanga
Premier	Albert Henry
Preceded by	Manea Tamarua (1967)
Succeeded by	Pupuke Robati
Personal details
Born	4 February 1916 Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Died	15 June 2011(2011-06-15) (aged 95) Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Political party	Cook Islands Party
Spouse	Maui Timata i te Rui Cowan
Children	14
Occupation	Teacher, Politician

Sir Apenera Pera Short KBE (4 February 1916 – 15 June 2011) was a Cook Islands politician and from 1990 to 2000 was the Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands.

Short was born on Rarotonga. He was a school teacher in Ngatangiia at from 1951 to 1956 was a teacher at Tereora College in Avarua. In 1939, he married Maui Timata i te Rui Cowan; the couple had 14 children, including two sets of twins.

In the 1965 Cook Islands election, Short was elected as a member of the Cook Islands Legislative Assembly and joined the Cabinet of the ruling Cook Islands Party as a Minister of the Crown and Deputy Premier. Short held this position until 1978.

On 19 December 1990, Short was appointed to succeed Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa as the Queen's Representative. Short held this position until 14 December 2000. He was succeeded by Lawrence Greig, who held the position in an acting capacity until Frederick Tutu Goodwin was appointed in 2001.

Honours

Short was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995.

In March 1997 he was appointed a commander of the Order of Tahiti Nui.

Death

Short died at his home in Muri Beach, Rarotonga, aged 95.

References

• Howard Henry (2002). Rise and Rise of the Cook Islands Party: Cook Islands Politics and the Road to Self-government: on 4 August 1965 (Auckland: Sovereign Pacific Publishing, ISBN 0-9582338-3-7).
• Ron Crocombe (ed.) (1979). Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story (Auckland: Institute of Pacific Studies, ISBN 0-908597-00-2).

External links

• Who's Who in the Cook Islands