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|name = Arana Marama
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|office = Minister of Foreign Minister
|term_start = 6 July 2018
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|predecessor = Locklyn Le Roy
|successor = Incumbent
|office2 = Leader of the Green Party
|term_start2 = 25 May 2017
|term_end2 = Present
|predecessor2 = Desiree Motonui
|successor2 = Incumber
|birth_name = Arana Marama
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|08|06|df=yes}}
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Arana Marama is an Oan politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of [[the Oan Isles]]. She serves in the [[Maui Uye-Ahua|Uye-Ahua]] government. In that role she has been heavily involved in [[Aurora|Auroran]] politics. She previously worked in civil society as the head of a non-profit and non-governmental organization that supplied water infrastructure to water-scarce and underdeveloped countries. She is a transwoman and is married to Mr Timoteo Marama and has a son with him, Utani Tearoa. Born and raised in Noapa, she is a devout adherent of [[Mauism]]. Her ideals are aligned with environmental justice. Colleagues speak of her as a highly competent and ambitious politician.
== Early life, education and career ==
Arana Marama was born to Agnes Rahua and Kiki Le Roy on 6 August 1970 in Noapa Medical Center. She was born biologically male and was assigned the male gender on her birth certificate. She describes her upbringing as happy and loving. Her parents were devout Mauists who actively participated in religious life. From an early age, she knew that she was meant to a woman. She told her parents and they supported her wish. She underwent medical treatment to realign her physical appearance with her innate gender and has lived as a woman since she was a teenager.
After matriculating from Noapa High School, she attended the prestigious [[University of Tokapa]] where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. She worked as a social worker and volunteered at civil organizations involved in community organising initiatives. During this time, she joined the Green Party and became actively involved in politics without running for political office. She established the Water Project in 2008, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation which raised millions of [[Kirib]]<nowiki/>s in funds for water sustainability and water supply projects especially in disaster-hit areas. Her organisation undertook many water provision projects in other nations. She eventually ascended to the leadership of the Green Party where she was elected Party Leader. She placed water management at the bedrock of her campaign.
== Ministerial career ==
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