Filoimea Telito
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His Excellency The Right Honourable Reverend Filoimea Telito GCMG MBE |
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Assumed office 15 April 2005 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Maatia Toafa Apisai Ielemia |
Preceded by | Faimalaga Luka |
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Sir Filoimea Telito, GCMG, MBE (born on Vaitupu) is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu.
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[edit] Background
Telito is from from Vaitupu Island.
He previously served as a school principal and church pastor.
[edit] Governor-General of Tuvalu
On April 15, 2005 he took office as Governor-General of Tuvalu as the representative of HM Queen Elizabeth II, who is Tuvalu's head of state.
Telito resumed the practice by Governors-General of Tuvalu of accepting a Knighthood, a practice discontinued on a personal basis by his predecessor to that office, Faimalaga Luka.
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Preceded by Faimalaga Luka |
Governor General of Tuvalu 2005 – present |
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