Ati George Sokomanu

Ati George Sokomanu (originally George Kalkoa ) (* 1937 in Mele on Efate, Vanuatu) is a politician and former President of Vanuatu.

After the independence of the former British-French Condominium Sokomanu receipt was dated 30 July 1980 to 17 February 1984, the first President of Vanuatu. After a brief transitional presidency of Frederick Karlomuana Timakata he was again on 8 March 1984 to 12 January 1989 president. In the late 1980s, he tried unsuccessfully to dissolve the parliament to depose the then Prime Minister Walter Lini Hadye.

From 6 January 1993 to January 7, 1996 he was Secretary General of the South Pacific Commission, which later (1998) emerged the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

2001 was a participant in the National Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu and sat as such for the establishment of peace initiatives in the Pacific region a. To support these activities, he was also in 2003 participants of the first conference of its peace initiatives in Sydney.