Namoliki_Sualiki

Namoliki Sualiki

Namoliki Sualiki

Tuvaluan politician


Namoliki Sualiki Neemia, MBE & OBE, generally referred to as Namoliki Sualiki, is a Tuvaluan politician.

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Education and career as a teacher

He obtained a Master of Education degree at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, in 1994. His thesis, entitled "Learning for life: up to and beyond the year 2000", explored the social aspects of education and education planning in Tuvalu.[1] He became a teacher.[2] In 2003, he published a booklet entitled Tuvalu Technical Vocational Education and Training, with the government of Tuvalu and NZAID.[3]

Political career

In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae.[4] He was re-elected in the 2010 general election,[5] and Prime Minister Maatia Toafa appointed him Minister for Education, Youth and Sport.[2] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[6]

Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013;[7] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election.[8]

No candidates contested the sitting MPs Seve Paeniu and Namoliki Sualiki in the 2024 general election, so they were automatically returned to parliament.[9][10]

Honours

In 2003 he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for public and community service.[11]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[12]


References

  1. "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  2. "New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament" Archived 1 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Tuvalu News, 4 August 2006
  3. "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu's New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  5. Tahana, Jamie (10 September 2019). "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. Marinaccio, Jess (30 January 2024). "Tuvalu's 2024 general election: a new political landscape". PolicyDevBlog. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. "Commonwealth honours", BBC, 31 December 2002
  8. "No. 61455". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N58.

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