dismissed from the government. Vohor said that one reason the UMP was being excluded from the government was because of its strength, and said that the party would try to return to the government. After the 2 September 2008 general elections Vohor and his Union of Moderate Parties initially aligned itself with the opposition block which gave its support to Vanuatu Republican Party's Maxime Carlot Korman for the post of Prime Minister. When a motion of No Confidence was tabled against new Prime Minister Edward Natapei, Serge Vohor and his MPs initially supported the no confidence motion; however, he eventually withdrew his signature to be in Natapei's government as its new Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities. Fourth term as prime minister See also: Vohor Cabinet (2011–) On 24 April 2011 (Easter Sunday), Prime Minister Sato Kilman was narrowly ousted by a parliamentary vote of no confidence, by twenty-six votes to twenty-five. Usually, the opposition, led by Edward Natapei, had not fielded a candidate to succeed him. Parliament thus elected Serge Vohor to the post. His election was declared invalid on 13 May 2011, as he had been elected only bt a relative majority in Parliament, not an absolute one. Subsequent career On 23 March 2013, new Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil appointed him Minister for Health. He lost office when the Carcasses government was brought down by a motion of no confidence on 15 May 2014. In June 2015, following a further change of government, Vohor became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Sato Kilman. In October 2015, Serge Vohor, together with several other MPs, was convicted of bribery by the Vanuatu Supreme Court. Vohor was found to have accepted 1,000,000 vatu from Moana Carcasses MP, in return for support in a motion of no-confidence against the government of Joe Natuman. At one point during the trial, Vohor attacked a photographer outside the court house. Vohor was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for his involvement in the bribery scandal. He was also convicted for conspiring to pervert the course of justice. He served 18 months in jail. He was pardoned by the President of Vanuatu, Tallis Obed Moses, in September 2021, which restores his eligibility to run for public office again. In August 2022, he launched a leadership bid once again for the UMP, this time losing to Ishmael Kalsakau by a vote of 45 delegates to