Namoliki Sualiki Neemia
MP, MBE & OBE
Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development
In office
5 August 2013 – 9 September 2019
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byPelenike Isaia
Succeeded byKatepu Laoi
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
In office
29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010
Prime MinisterMaatia Toafa
Preceded byFalesa Pitoi
Succeeded byFalesa Pitoi
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nukulaelae
Assumed office
3 August 2006
Preceded byBikenibeu Paeniu
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

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

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. ^ James Cook University
  2. ^ a b "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  3. ^ National Library of Australia
  4. ^ "New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament" Archived 1 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Tuvalu News, 4 August 2006
  5. ^ "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Tahana, Jamie (10 September 2019). "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament". Radio New Zealand. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ Marinaccio, Jess (30 January 2024). "Tuvalu's 2024 general election: a new political landscape". PolicyDevBlog. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth honours", BBC, 31 December 2002
  12. ^ "No. 61455". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N58.
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