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Cabinet Of Tuvalu
The Cabinet of Tuvalu is the executive branch of the government of Tuvalu. It is drawn from, and responsible to, the legislative branch, the unicameral Parliament of Tuvalu. After every legislative election, members of parliament (MPs) elect one of their own as prime minister. The latter then appoints ministers from among the MPs to form a cabinet. (Officially, ministers are appointed by the Governor-General of Tuvalu, who represents the monarch, with the governor-general acting on the advice of the prime minister). Initially, the Constitution provided that the number of members of cabinet (excluding the prime minister) must not be more than one third of the number of members of parliament. This was amended by the ''Constitution of Tuvalu (Amendment) Act'' 2007, which provides that up to half of the members of parliament may be appointed to cabinet (in addition to the prime minister). As there are no political parties in Tuvalu, and MPs are independent members representing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive (government)
The executive branch is the part of government which executes or enforces the law. Function The scope of executive power varies greatly depending on the political context in which it emerges, and it can change over time in a given country. In democratic countries, the executive often exercises broad influence over national politics, though limitations are often applied to the executive. In political systems based on the separation of powers, government authority is distributed between several branches to prevent power from being concentrated in the hands of a single person or group. To achieve this, each branch is subject to checks by the other two; in general, the role of the legislature is to pass laws, which are then enforced by the executive, and interpreted by the judiciary. The executive can also be the source of certain types of law or law-derived rules, such as a decree or executive order. In those that use fusion of powers, typically parliamentary systems, such as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niutao
Niutao is a reef island in the northern part of Tuvalu. It is one of the nine districts (islands) of Tuvalu. It is also one of the three districts that consist of only one island — not counting the three islets inside the closed lagoon. Niutao has a population of 550 (2022 census). Geography There are two lakes (ponds or lagoons), which are brackish to saline. The larger has three islands and a dam. There are three wells in which fresher water sits in a lens above the salt water that leaches in through the coral. Older maps show the only village as Tuapa (with the neighbourhood of Angafoulua). The main village is Kulia; another village is Teava. There is a maneapa (community hall), Uepele Primary School, a church named ''Tineifale'' of the Church of Tuvalu, a post office, and three wells. A gravel road rings the island to connect the graveyard, half mile (800 m) counter clockwise from the village, and clockwise a quarter of a mile (400 m) to the hospital. The island is so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampelosa Manoa Tehulu
Ampelosa Manoa Tehulu is a Tuvaluan politician. Tehulu was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu at the 2019 Tuvaluan general election, and appointed Minister for Public Utilities & Environment in the cabinet of Kausea Natano Kausea Natano (born 5 July 1957) is a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 19 September 2019 to 26 February 2024. He represented Funafuti as a Member of Parliament. He was first elected in the 2002 Tuvaluan general electio .... He was re-elected in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election. References Living people Members of the Parliament of Tuvalu Environment ministers of Tuvalu Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tuvalu-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanumaga
Nanumanga or Nanumaga is a reef island and a district of the Oceanian island nation of Tuvalu. It has a surface area of about 3 km2 with a population of 391 (2022 census). History On 9 May 1824 a French government expedition under Captain Louis Isidore Duperrey of the ship ''La Coquille'' sighted Nanumaga. The US Exploring Expedition visited in 1841. Louis Becke, who later became a writer, became the resident trader for the Liverpool firm of John S. de Wolf and Co. on Nanumaga from about April 1880 until the trading-station was destroyed later that year in a cyclone.Doug Munro, ''The Lives and Times of Resident Traders in Tuvalu: An Exercise in History from Below'', (1987) 10(2) Pacific Studies 73 Becke later wrote ''The Rangers of the Tia Kau'', that describes a shark attack at the Tia Kau reef between Nanumea and Nanumaga. The population of Nanumaga from 1860 to 1900 is estimated to be between 300 and 335 people. Nanumaga Post Office opened around 1925. In 1986 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamoa Holona
Hamoa Holona is a Tuvaluan politician. He was previously a civil servant. He was the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government. He attended Ratu Kadavulevu School, Tailevu, Fiji and the University of the South Pacific, Faculty of Business and Economics. In 2005 he was the President of the National Council of Youth of Tuvalu. In 2013 he was the manager of the Tuvalu national football team’s tour of the Netherlands. Political career He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election to represent Nanumanga. He was appointed as the Minister for Education and Human Resources Development in the Teo Ministry The Teo Ministry is the 16th Ministry (collective executive), ministry of the Government of Tuvalu, led by Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Prime Minister Feleti Teo. It succeeded the Natano Ministry upon its swearing in by the Reverend, Rev. Tofiga Va .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Holona, Hamoa Living people Year of birth missing (l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuafafa Latasi
Tuafafa Latasi is a Tuvaluan politician. Civil service career He was employed in the civil service of the Republic of Nauru from 9 January 1997 as the Chief Accountant. On 19 January 2001, he was appointed to the post of Secretary for Finance of Nauru. Political career He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election to represent Funafuti. He was appointed the Minister for Health and Social Welfare in the Teo Ministry The Teo Ministry is the 16th Ministry (collective executive), ministry of the Government of Tuvalu, led by Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Prime Minister Feleti Teo. It succeeded the Natano Ministry upon its swearing in by the Reverend, Rev. Tofiga Va .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Latasi, Tuafafa Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the Parliament of Tuvalu Health ministers of Tuvalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa'aga Talu Teafa
Sa'aga Talu Teafa is a Tuvaluan politician with his former occupation was being a civil servant. Teafa was previously Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities. Chief Ombudsman He became the country's first chief Ombudsman when he was appointed for a five year term in October 2014. In 2019 he criticised the government of New Zealand for discriminatory immigration requirements which prohibit disabled people from emigrating to New Zealand. Political career Teafa, was elected a member of parliament to represent Niutao on 6 June 2022 following the death of Katepu Laoi in April 2022. In June 2022, Teafa was appointed as Minister for Home Affairs & Agriculture in the Natano Ministry. He was re-elected as a member of parliament in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election. He was appointed the Minister for Natural Resources Development in the Teo Ministry. References Living people Tuvaluan civil servants Ombudsmen Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funafuti
Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that serves as the capital of Tuvalu. As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. More people live in Funafuti than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with it containing approximately 60% of the nation's population. The main islet, Fongafale, hosts Vaiaku, the administrative center of the nation. Funafuti was first sighted by Europeans in 1819 by Arent Schuyler de Peyster, an American sea captain, who named it Ellice's Island. Between 1850 and 1875, Funafuti, with its navigable lagoon, was targeted by Blackbirding, blackbirders who kidnapped natives to work at mines off the coast of Peru and Chile. In 1892, each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British protectorate by Captain Herbert William Sumner Gibson, Herbert Gibson of . In 1909, the first resident magistrate was appointed to Funafuti; in 1915, Funafuti, along with the rest of the Ellice Islands, were incorporated into the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a crown c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kofe
Simon Kofe is a Tuvaluan politician. He was appointed as the Minister for Justice, Communication & Foreign Affairs, in the cabinet of Kausea Natano following the 2019 Tuvaluan general election. Early life He is the son of a Tuvaluan teacher at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji, Kofe was educated in a primary school of the Marist Brothers in Suva. He attended secondary school in various schools while his parents worked in several countries of Oceania. Legal career Kofe earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the South Pacific in 2004, followed by a master's degree in international maritime law from the University of Malta in 2014. As the former senior magistrate of Tuvalu, Afele Kitiona, retired in mid-June 2014, Kofe was appointed as senior magistrate on 24 September 2014. In May 2016, as the senior magistrate, Kofe determined that former Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia was guilty of corruption and sentenced him to 12-month imprisonment. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maina Talia
Dr. Maina Talia is a Tuvaluan politician and is known for his work as a climate activist. Talia trained in theology and was employed by the Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT) as a climate change officer from 2011 until June 2017. He coordinated the preparation of the EKT statement “Dancing with God in the rainbow” that discusses social issues experienced by Tuvaluans. In 2022, he undertook Doctoral Studies at the Charles Sturt University in Sydney, Australia. His doctoral thesis was titled “(tu)akoi (neighbour) and climate change from three trajectories, indigenous wisdom, biblical and geopolitics.” Climate change activism From 2011, he has been the secretary of the Tuvalu Climate Action Network (TuCAN), also in 2011 he was appointed the National Focal point in Tuvalu for the Pacific Indigenous Network (PIN). He was the Tuvalu Association of NGOs Director from 2018 to 2020. He was involved in the formation of the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), and he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaitupu
Vaitupu is the largest atoll of the nation of Tuvalu. It is located at 7.48 degrees south and 178.83 degrees east. There are 1,077 people (2022 Census) living on with the main village being Asau. History Discovery and settlement The exact date of Vaitupu's first settlement is unknown. According to oral history, the founder of the Vaitupuan community was a Samoan by the name of Telematua, who arrived in the 16th or 17th century. However, it is possible that Tongans may have first reached the atoll during the mid-13th century. Vaitupu has maintained contacts with Tonga throughout its history, both peaceful ( alliances through marriage) and hostile (visits by Tongan slave-seekers). Vaitupu was also visited by I-Kiribati, and was thus far from isolated. Vaitupu means 'the fountain of water'. Obed Starbuck—captain of the whaler ''Loper'' from Nantucket, Massachusetts—sighted the island on 26 April 1826, naming it 'Tracy Island'. William Plaskett, captain of the Nantuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulson Panapa
Paulson Panapa (born 1967) is a Tuvaluan politician and has been a civil servant and diplomat. From 6 June 2014, he represented Tuvalu as the High Commissioner to Fiji. He was subsequently appointed as the High Commissioner to New Zealand from February 2017. Panapa was Assistant Clerk of the Tuvalu parliament from 1991 to 1995 and Clerk from 1995 to 2004. In 2010 Panapa was the Secretary for Works, Water and Energy. Panapa has held other roles as a senior civil servant, including in 2011 as Secretary for Education, Youth and Sports. He was also a Tuvaluan sports director. Sporting career He was educated at Motufoua Secondary School where he played in the 1st Eleven football Team in 1982-1984. He was a midfield player (2008-2009) and trainer of F.C. Tofaga. Panapa was president of the Tuvalu Islands Football Association (TIFA), from 2001 to 2005. He was also chairman of TIFA from 2010 to 2014. Under his leadership, TIFA was actively trying to gain membership of FIFA. Panapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
