Filoimea Telito

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His Excellency The Right Honourable Reverend
 Filoimea Telito 
GCMG MBE

Incumbent
Assumed office 
15 April 2005
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Maatia Toafa
Apisai Ielemia
Preceded by Faimalaga Luka

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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Government offices
Preceded by
Faimalaga Luka
Governor General of Tuvalu
2005 – present
Incumbent