- Monise Laafai
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Monise Laafai Minister of Finance In office
29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010Preceded by Lotoala Metia Succeeded by Lotoala Metia Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for NanumagaIncumbent Assumed office
16 September 2010Personal details Political party Independent Monise Laafai is a Tuvaluan politician and businessman.
He stood for Parliament for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency of Nanumaga.[1] He supported Maatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet, as Minister of Finance.[2][3] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[4]
See also: Tuvaluan general election, 2010Laafai is also General Manager of the Tuvalu Co-operative Society,[5] a position he has held since the late 1990s.[6] He was also chef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa.[7]
References
- ^ "Tuvalu Election Results", Tuvalu News, 16 September 2010
- ^ "New-look government for Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 29 September 2010. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=56147. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
- ^ "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=57873. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Competition forces redundancy for Tuvalu’s largest wholesale and retail outlet", Pacific Islands News Association, 5 March 2010
- ^ "Field Investigation in Funafuti, Tuvalu", Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission, February 1998
- ^ "Tuvalu flag raised", Tuvalu News, 25 August 2007
Categories:- Tuvaluan politicians
- Government ministers of Tuvalu
- Members of the Parliament of Tuvalu
- Tuvaluan people
- People from Nanumanga
- Living people
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