The Honourable Dr
Puakena Boreham
MP
Boreham in 2018
Minister of Works and Natural Resources
In office
August 2016 – 19 September 2019
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byElisala Pita
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
31 March 2015
Serving with Mackenzie Kiritome
Preceded byPelenike Isaia
Leneuoti Matusi
ConstituencyNui
Personal details
Born (1970-12-18) 18 December 1970 (age 52)
Nui, Gilbert and Ellice Islands (present day Tuvalu)
Political partyIndependent
SpousePasuna Tuaga[1]
Alma materFiji School of Medicine
Australian National University

Puakena Boreham (born 18 December 1970) is a medical practitioner (anaesthetist) who became a Tuvaluan politician, when she was elected to represent Nui in the 2015 Tuvaluan general election.[2][3][4]

Medical career

Dr Boreham studied at the Fiji School of Medicine and graduated in 1998. She has worked for the Tuvaluan Ministry of Health at the Princess Margaret Hospital as an anaesthetist and as the Medical Superintendent.[5][6] In 2014 she carried out post-graduate study at the Australian National University in global health diplomacy, global health and foreign policy.[7]

Parliamentary career

She was appointed as the Minister of Works and Natural Resources in August 2016;[8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. She was re-elected in the 2019 general election.[9]

Dr Boreham is the third woman to be elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu:[10] following Naama Maheu Latasi (1989 to 1997);[11] and Pelenike Isaia (2011 to 2015).[12]

In July 2020, Dr. Puakena Boreham was appointed to the Constitutional Review Parliamentary Select Committee.[13] The Final Report of the Constitutional Review Parliamentary Select Committee was published on 12 December 2022.[13] The work of the committee resulted in the Constitution of Tuvalu Act 2023,[14] which amended the Constitution of Tuvalu.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Dinner was Hosted in Honor of Taiwan Tourist Group, Funafuti, Tuvalu" (PDF). Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan). 27 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Election looks set to return Sopoaga as Tuvalu's PM". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Tuvalu National Election 2015 Results (Nui)". Fenui News. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Cabinet position could await new Tuvalu MP". Radio New Zealand. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Tuvalu drought could be dry run for dealing with climate change". The Guardian. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Tuvalu Standard Treatment Guidelines 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Tuvalu. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Puakena Boreham". Academia.edu. 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ^ "TWCPFC13: Don't forget Article 30- Tuvalu reminds Tuna Commission of 'disproportionate burden' for SIDS". Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). 5 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ Tahana, Jamie (10 September 2019). "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. ^ Pua Pedro & Semi Malaki (1 April 2015). "One female candidate make it through the National General Election" (PDF). Fenui News. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1989. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Final Report – Constitutional Review Parliamentary Select Committee". Department of Foreign Affairs - Government of Tuvalu. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  14. ^ a b Simon Kofe and Jess Marinaccio (21 September 2023). "Tuvalu Constitution updated: culture, climate change and decolonisation". DevPolicyBlog - Development Policy Centre. Retrieved 27 November 2023.


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