Crossley Tatui is a

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an politician and member of the

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. Tatui is a graduate of the

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, with a degree in Public Administration and Accounting. He worked as a public servant, initially as a clerk and then in a number of senior roles including Director of Parliamentary Services and Head of External Affairs. He is a lay preacher in the Ekalesia Niue Church. Tatui was first elected to the Niue Assembly on the common roll in the 2011 Niuean general election. He was re-elected in

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, and again in the 2020 election. On June 11 2020 Tatui was appointed Minister of Finance and Infrastructure in the Cabinet of

Dalton Tagelagi Dalton Emani Makamau Tagelagi (born 5 June 1968) is a Niuean politician who is serving as the sixth and current prime minister of Niue since June 2020. He was elected premier by the Niue Legislative Assembly on 11 June 2020, defeating O'Lov ...

. As Minister of Finance he oversaw Niue's ratification of the

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regional trade agreement. He was re-elected at the 2023 election, topping the common roll. He was subsequently reappointed to Tagelagi's Cabinet, holding the same portfolios.

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