Gracia Shadrack served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu from 20 April 2020[1] to 15 June 2021.
[2] He represents Malakula as a member of the Leaders Party of Vanuatu.
[1] Following a government motion to have the speaker removed, and the boycott of parliament by government MPs, Shadrack declared on 8 June 2021 that the seats of the prime minister Bob Loughman, the deputy prime minister, and 16 other MPs were vacant.
[2] The group of MPs won at the Court of Appeal on 28 October.
[5] On 9 November 2021, the government majority passed a motion to suspend Shadrack for two years for declaring the seats vacant, citing his action as biased and a waste of public funds.