| Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
| Kalkot Mataskelekele | |
| Office: | 6th President of Vanuatu |
| Primeminister: | Edward Natapei Serge Vohor Ham Lini Edward Natapei |
| Term Start: | 16 August 2004 |
| Term End: | 16 August 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Alfred Maseng Josias Moli (acting) |
| Successor: | Maxime Carlot Korman (acting) Iolu Abil |
| Parliament2: | Vanuatu |
| Constituency Mp2: | Port Vila |
| Term Start2: | 1988 |
| Term End2: | 1991 |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1949 |
| Party: | National United Party |
| Spouse: | Hanson Mataskelekele Heather Lini-Leo Matas (m. 2014-2016; her death) |
Kalkot Mataskelekele Mauliliu (born 24 April 1949) is a Vanuatuan politician who served as the president of Vanuatu from 16 August 2004 to 16 August 2009.
He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne[1] the University of Papua New Guinea. He is a lawyer from the national capital, Port Vila, and is the first Head of State of Vanuatu to have a university degree. Mataskelekele had previously served as Vanuatu's first indigenous Solicitor General and a former Supreme Court justice.[2]
He was elected by the electoral college, which consists of the Parliament and regional Presidents, on 16 August 2004, and sworn in the same day.
He had previously been a candidate in the presidential election of April 2004, and was backed by the government of Edward Natapei. However, after several inconclusive rounds in the electoral college, he was defeated by Alfred Maseng. After the impeachment of Maseng and a parliamentary election, a new election was held on 12 August 2004, which was inconclusive and was continued on 16 August. Though Kalkot was widely expected to win, there were many other candidates, and he faced tough opposition from Willie David Saul and former Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas. In the final round of voting, Kalkot defeated Saul by a vote of 49 to 7.