Maatia Toafa

Infobox Prime Minister
name =Maatia Toafa


order =9th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
term_start =August 27 2004
term_end =August 14 2006
deputy =
predecessor =Saufatu Sopoanga
successor = Apisai Ielemia.
birth_date = 1954
birth_place = Tuvalu?
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =?
constituency =
party =Nonpartisan
languagesspoken =

The Rt Hon Maatia Toafa (1954) is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He was the ninth Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Tuvalu.

Background

Toafa was deputy Prime Minister when on August 27, 2004, he became Acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga resigned from Parliament after his government was deposed in a no confidence vote.

Prime Minister of Tuvalu

He was confirmed as Prime Minister on October 11, 2004, when Sopoanga was reelected to Parliament and Parliament reconvened to elect a new Prime Minister.Like all Tuvalu Prime Ministers, he also became Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the August 2006 parliamentary elections, Toafa was reelected to Parliament, but all of the members of his cabinet were defeated.

uccession, and subsequent career

On August 14 2006 he was succeeded by Apisai Ielemia. Toafa continued to serve as a member of the Parliament of Tuvalu after leaving office.

He represented the constituency of Nanumea.

ee also

* Politics of Tuvalu

* List of national leaders