Seve Paeniu

Seve Paeniu (born 11 February 1965) is a Tuvaluan diplomat who currently serves as his country's High Commissioner to Fiji. He presented his credentials to Fiji's Acting President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi on 21 February 2006.

[edit] Education and previous career

Paeniu graduated from Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1987. He went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in 1995 at the University of Hawaii, where he became a doctoral candidate in 1998. Meanwhile, he served as Assistant Planning Officer with Tuvalu's Ministry of Finance from May 1988 to August 1989. In September 1989 he became the Ministry's Director of Planning, serving until December 1993. He was also Economic Consultant with the Asian Development Bank for the Republic of the Marshall Islands for three months (May to July 2000). Later that year, he became the director of the Ministry's economic research and policy division. In January 2002, he transferred to the Ministry of Education and Sports, serving as Permanent Secretary until August 2003, when he moved back to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Industries as Permanent Secretary.