- Koloa Talake
The Rt Hon Koloa Talake (born 1934) is a political figure from the
Pacific nation ofTuvalu .Prime Minister of Tuvalu
He served as prime minister of
Tuvalu for nine months,14 December 2001 -2 August 2002 , after defeatingFaimalaga Luka in avote of no confidence .Talake was defeated in elections in
2002 .ignificant issues during premiership
In that time, he negotiated the sale of that country's Internet
domain name ,.tv , to an American company in order to bring an income to his resource poor country.In 2002, he coordinated an effort, together with the leaders of two other small
island nations,Kiribati andMaldives to sue the governments of theUnited States andAustralia for failing to ratify theKyoto Protocols and for theirgreenhouse gas emissions, which the leaders claimed, resulted in risingsea level s that would eventually flood their countries.uccession and Later life
Talake was succeeded as
Prime Minister of Tuvalu bySaufatu Sopoanga .Having left office in
2002 , Talake relocated toAuckland ,New Zealand , where his children were living.ee also
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Politics of Tuvalu
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