Enetama Lipi is a former politician from
Niue
Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...
. He was an Assemblyman for Namukulu when he was elected into the
Niue Legislative Assembly
The Niue Assembly or Niue Parliament () is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common island-wide roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three- ...
and was appointed to the Executive Council following the
1972 election.
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''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1972, p128 In 1973 he served as part of the negotiating team which negotiated the terms of Niue's self-government. He became a Cabinet Minister in
Robert Rex's first Government following the
attainment of self-government status by Niue on 19 October 1974.
The son of Nogihau and Lipitoa of
Namukulu, Lipitoa graduated in 1957 from
Fiji School of Medicine
The Fiji School of Medicine is a tertiary institution based in Suva, Fiji. Originally established in 1885 as the ''Suva Medical School''. FSM became the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences as part of Fiji National University in 2010. It ...
.
He moved residence to his wife's home village of
Lakepa while still holding his
MP seat for Namukulu. He was elected MP for Lakepa before retiring.
The Assemblyman post made vacant by Lipitoa was taken over by his older brother,
Jack Willie Lipitoa, a retired technical drawing and woodwork teacher of
Niue High School.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Niue Assembly
Fiji School of Medicine alumni
Niuean medical doctors
Government ministers of Niue
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