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Jon Tikivanotau Michael Jonassen: From Government Leader to University Professor
The late Jon Tikivanotau M. Jonassen was born July 24, 1949, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Jon came to BYU–Hawaii as a student in 1979 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history government in 1980 and then graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management in 1981. He then earned his Master of Arts degree in Pacific Islands studies from the University of Hawaii in 1982. He worked as the acting secretary for the Office of External Affairs from 1983-84, and put through the cabinet submission to create the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He established the Ministry and became its first permanent secretary from 1984 to 1986. In 1987, he became the director of programs/secretary general of the South Pacific Commission and, in 1990, the secretary for the Ministry of Cultural Development.
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