Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Prime Minister of Tuvalu | |
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Appointer | Elected by the members of the Parliament |
Term length | While commanding the confidence of the majority of members of parliament. No term limits are imposed on the office. |
Inaugural holder | Toaripi Lauti |
Formation | 1 October 1978 |
Salary | AU$ 26,660 annually[1] |
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The prime minister of Tuvalu is the head of government of Tuvalu. According to Tuvalu's constitution, the prime minister must always be a member of the parliament, and is elected by parliament in a secret ballot. Because there are no political parties in Tuvalu, any member of parliament can be nominated for the role. Following the parliamentary vote the governor-general of Tuvalu (as head of state) is responsible for swearing in as the prime minister the person who commands the confidence of a majority of members of parliament.
The office of prime minister was established when Tuvalu gained independence in 1978, although the post is sometimes considered to be a continuation of the earlier office of chief minister, which was created in 1975. If the prime minister dies, as has happened on one occasion, the deputy prime minister becomes acting prime minister until a new one is elected by parliament. The prime minister can lose his office by resigning, being defeated in a motion of no confidence by parliament, or losing his seat in a parliamentary election.
Several former prime ministers have been appointed the governor-general of Tuvalu.
Since 2019, Kausea Natano is the incumbent prime minister.
List of Officeholders (1978–present)[]
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Ministry | Governor-General | Monarch | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Chief Minister of the Ellice Islands | ||||||||
1 | Sir Toaripi Lauti (1928–2014) |
Appointed | 2 October 1975 | 1 October 1978 | 2 years,
364 days |
Lauti Ministry
1st Ministry |
John Hillary Smith | Queen Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister of Tuvalu | ||||||||
1 | Sir Toaripi Lauti (1928–2014) |
1977 | 1 October 1978 | 8 September 1981 | 2 years, 341 days | Lauti Ministry
1st Ministry |
Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo | |
2 | Tomasi Puapua (1938–) |
1981 | 8 September 1981 | 16 October 1989 | 8 years, 38 days | First Puapua Ministry
Second Puapua Ministry 2nd Ministry | ||
Sir Tupua Leupena | ||||||||
3 | Bikenibeu Paeniu (1956–) |
1989
1993 (Sep) |
16 October 1989 | 10 December 1993 | 4 years, 54 days | First Paeniu Ministry
3rd Ministry | ||
Sir Toaripi Lauti | ||||||||
Sir Tomu Sione | ||||||||
4 | Sir Kamuta Latasi (1936–) |
1993 (Nov) | 10 December 1993 | 24 December 1996 | 3 years, 14 days | Latasi Ministry
4th Ministry | ||
Sir Tulaga Manuella | ||||||||
(3) | Bikenibeu Paeniu (1956–) |
1993 (Nov) | 24 December 1996 | 27 April 1999 | 2 years, 124 days | Second Paeniu Ministry
Third Paeniu Ministry 5th Ministry | ||
Sir Tomasi Puapua | ||||||||
5 | Ionatana Ionatana (1938–2000) |
1998 | 27 April 1999 | 8 December 2000 | 1 year, 224 days | Ionatana Ministry
6th Ministry | ||
Acting1 | Lagitupu Tuilimu | — | 8 December 2000 | 24 February 2001 | 78 days | Tuilimu Ministry
6th Ministry (Cont.) | ||
6 | Faimalaga Luka (1940–2005) |
1998 | 24 February 2001 | 14 December 2001 | 293 days | Luka Ministry
7h Ministry | ||
7 | Koloa Talake (1934–2008) |
1998 | 14 December 2001 | 2 August 2002 | 234 days | Talake Ministry
8th Ministry | ||
8 | Saufatu Sopoanga (1952–2020) |
2002 | 2 August 2002 | 27 August 2004 | 2 years, 25 days | Sopoanga Ministry
9th Ministry | ||
Faimalaga Luka | ||||||||
9 | Maatia Toafa (1954–) |
2002 | 27 August 2004 | 14 August 2006 | 1 year, 352 days | First Toafa Ministry
10th Ministry | ||
Sir Filoimea Telito | ||||||||
10 | Apisai Ielemia (1955–2018) |
2006 | 14 August 2006 | 29 September 2010 | 4 years, 45 days | Ielemia Ministry
11th Ministry | ||
Sir Kamuta Latasi | ||||||||
Sir Iakoba Italeli | ||||||||
(9) | Maatia Toafa (1954–) |
2010 | 29 September 2010 | 24 December 2010 | 86 days | Second Toafa Ministry
12th Ministry | ||
11 | Willy Telavi (1954–) |
2010 | 24 December 2010 | 1 August 2013 | 2 years, 221 days | Telavi Ministry
13th Ministry | ||
12 | Enele Sopoaga (1956–) |
2010 | 1 August 2013 | 19 September 2019 | 6 years, 48 days | Sopoaga Ministry
14th Ministry | ||
Mrs. Teniku Talesi Honolulu, Samuelu Teo, Tofiga Vaevalu Falani | ||||||||
13 | Kausea Natano (1957–) |
2019 | 19 September 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 148 days | Natano Ministry
15th Ministry |
Notes
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Tuvalu. "PRESCRIPTION OF SALARIES ACT, 2008 Revised Edition" (PDF). tuvalu-legislation.tv.
- ^ "Tuvalu: Year In Review 2001". Britannica. 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Lansford, Tom (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press.
- Politics of Tuvalu
- Prime Ministers of Tuvalu
- Lists of prime ministers by country
- 1978 establishments in Tuvalu