Tekii Lazaro

Tekii Lazaro (28 May 1954 – 8 August 2020)^[1] was a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Tekii Lazaro
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Pukapuka–Nassau
In office 7 June 2011 – 14 June 2018
Preceded by	Vai Peua
Succeeded by	Tingika Elikana
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-28)28 May 1954
Died	8 August 2020(2020-08-08) (aged 66)
Political party	Cook Islands Party

Lazaro was educated at Niua school and Aitutaki High school, and studied to be a meteorologist in Fiji and New Zealand.^[1] He served for 35 years in the Cook Islands Police as a Meteorological Officer.^[2] He stood in the seat of Pukapuka–Nassau in the 2010 election, and narrowly won the seat on the night. A subsequent election petition found him guilty of bribery, and declared his election void.^[3][4] Lazaro contested and won the subsequent by-election.^[2]

In 2012 the Taxi Association complained that Lazaro was picking up tourists in an unlicensed taxi van.^[5] He was told to get an appropriate licence.^[6]

He was re-elected in the 2014 election,^[7] and appointed Associate Minister of Finance.^[8] He retired at the 2018 election and did not contest the seat.^[9]