Anna Naupa

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Anna Naupa
Nationality Vanuata
Occupation civil servant, writer, historian

Anna Naupa is a civil servant, from Vanuatu, who was appointed the deputy director of the Pacific Fusion Centre on December 23, 2022.[1][2]

She has two masters degrees, one from the Harvard Kennedy School, in Public Administration, and one from the University of Hawai'i, in Geography.[1]

In 2005 the National film and sound archive of Australia broadcast a video where Naupa described the "blackbirding period", during which citizens of Vanuata had their labour recruited in unscrupulous ways by Australians.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Anna Naupa". https://www.dlprog.org/authors/anna-naupa. Retrieved 2022-03-07. "She holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Master of Geography from the University of Hawai'i." 
  2. Marise Payne; Zed Seselja (2021-12-23). "Pacific Fusion Centre leadership". Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220207134514/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/pacific-fusion-centre-leadership. Retrieved 2020-04-06. "Mr James Movick of the Federated States of Micronesia has been appointed as the Director of the Pacific Fusion Centre, starting in late December 2021. Mr Movick brings over 40 years’ experience in Pacific diplomacy, leadership, and guidance to the Centre, including as Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency from 2012-2018." 
  3. "ANNA NAUPA ON VANUATAN HERITAGE". National film and sound archive of Australia. https://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/365/. Retrieved 2022-03-07.