General elections were held in Niue on 19 March 1999 to determine the composition of the twenty member

national Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

. Fourteen incumbents retained their seats, with Premier Frank Lui a notable exception. Following the election, the

Niue People's Party The Niue People's Party (also known as the Niue People's Action Party) was a political party in Niue. Founded in 1987 by Niueans living in New Zealand, it was disbanded in 2003. It was, during that time, the country's only political party. The pa ...

was able to form a government, and its leader Sani Lakatani was elected premier, defeating

O'Love Jacobsen Tauveve O’Love Jacobsen is a Niuean politician and diplomat. She served as Niue's High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. Her predecessor was Sisilia Talagi, Niue's first female diplomat and High Commissioner. She had previousl ...

14–6. Former Assembly member Tama Posimani was elected Speaker by an identical margin.

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