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Norman George -LRB- born 2 July 1946 -RRB- is a Cook Islands politician and former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament , Deputy Prime Minister , and Cabinet Minister .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands Parliament. Parliament of the Cook Islands. George was born in Atiu in the Cook Islands .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Atiu. Atiu. He worked as a police officer , first for the Cook Islands Police and then for the New Zealand Police , before working as a lawyer in Rarotonga .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Cook Islands Police. Cook Islands Police. New Zealand Police. New Zealand Police. Rarotonga. Rarotonga. He was first elected to the Cook Islands Parliament in 1983 .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Cook Islands Parliament. Parliament of the Cook Islands. Between 1984 and 1989 George was a cabinet Minister in the coalition governments of Tom Davis and Pupuke Robati , holding the portfolios of Foreign Affairs , Customs , Parliamentary Services , Cook Islands Development Bank , Police and Attorney General .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Tom Davis. Tom Davis ( Cook Islands politician ). Pupuke Robati. Pupuke Robati. In 1992 George was expelled from the Democratic Party after a dispute over spending .. Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( Cook Islands ). He established the Alliance Party , which subsequently won two seats in the 1994 elections .. Alliance Party. Alliance Party ( Cook Islands ). 1994 elections. Cook Islands general election, 1994. The party , rebranded as the New Alliance Party , won four seats at the 1999 elections , and George became Deputy Prime Minister .. Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. Alliance Party. Alliance Party ( Cook Islands ). New Alliance Party. New Alliance Party ( Cook Islands ). 1999 elections. Cook Islands general election, 1999. He was sacked from that role after he defected to the opposition in October , 1999 , but regained the position in exchange for his party 's support of Terepai Maoate as Prime Minister .. Terepai Maoate. Terepai Maoate. The New Alliance Party subsequently merged with the Democratic Alliance Party , and George held several portfolios in the coalition government of Robert Woonton before being sacked again in 2002 .. Alliance Party. Alliance Party ( Cook Islands ). New Alliance Party. New Alliance Party ( Cook Islands ). Robert Woonton. Robert Woonton. A series of scandals over conflicts of interest , the apparent sale of a residency permit to New Zealand developer Mark Lyon , and a court case over `` double dipping '' saw George decline in popularity .. Mark Lyon. Mark Lyon. When the Democratic Party did not select him as a candidate for the 2004 elections , he split from the party and established the Tumu Enua Party , but failed to win reelection .. Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( Cook Islands ). 2004 elections. Cook Islands general election, 2004. Tumu Enua Party. Tumu Enua. Following his election defeat George was appointed Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. Cook Islands Parliament. Parliament of the Cook Islands. He subsequently returned to Parliament in a by-election as an independent aligned with the Cook Islands Party , and was re-elected in the 2006 elections as a CIP candidate .. Cook Islands. Cook Islands. by-election. Teenui-Mapumai by-election 2006. Cook Islands Party. Cook Islands Party. 2006 elections. Cook Islands general election, 2006. George was re-elected at the 2010 election , but was not given a Cabinet position .. 2010 election. Cook Islands general election, 2010. As a result , he resigned from the party and became an independent again .