Eselealofa Apinelu

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Eselealofa 'Ese' Apinelu is a Tuvaluan lawyer and sports official. Apinelu attended The Cathedral School, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1998.[2] She is Tuvalu's first female lawyer.[3]

She was appointed as the Acting Attorney General of Tuvalu in 2006. In 2008, Apinelu became the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Tuvalu.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2012, she became the first female Executive Member of the South Pacific Lawyers' Association (SPLA) and the Chair of the SPLA Women in the Law Committee.[8][9]

She is also President of the Tuvalu Volleyball Federation,[10] and was the manager of Tuvalu's volleyball team at the 2003 South Pacific Games.[11] She was the President of the Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) from 2013 to 2015.[12][13]

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  1. ^ "Education (General Provisions) (Approval of Enrolment) (No. 1)" (PDF). The State of Queensland. 1993. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Tasmania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  3. ^ a b "Tuvalu's first female lawyer, Ese Apinelu reflects on IWD2019". globalalumni.gov.au. May 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  4. ^ "Human Rights Council: Third Universal Periodic Review", UNHCR, December 2008
  5. ^ "Tuvalu commits to human rights", Pacific Law Database, December 16, 2008
  6. ^ "Human Rights Council adopted the UPR outcomes of Tuvalu". United Nations Information Centre Canberra. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. ^ "MARINE RESOURCES ACT 2006" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Inaugural AGM - Meet the new SPLA Executive". newSPLAsh: 4. September 2011.
  9. ^ "NewSPLAsh" (PDF). South Pacific Lawyers' Association. October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Oceania Asia Zonal Association" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Asian Volleyball Confederation
  11. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games – Volleyball"
  12. ^ "Directory 2013" (PDF). Pacific Games Council. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  13. ^ Taumaheke, Kuata (9 March 2015). "TASNOC is under new leadership" (PDF). Fenui News. Retrieved 12 June 2015.



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