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The Rt Hon Lagitupu Tulimu is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He has served as the acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
[edit] Early political career
He became deputy Prime Minister and finance minister in April 1999, when Ionatana Ionatana's government took office. One of the main issues of Ionatana's Government in which Tuilimu served was the country's membership of the United Nations, which Tuvalu assumed in this period.
[edit] Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu
On the death of Ionatana Ionatana on December 8, 2000 Tuilimu served as acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001. His assumption of this office came because he had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu on the death of Ionatana.
[edit] Historical note
The occasion of Lagitupu Tuilimu's coming to office - the death of Ionatana Ionatana - was the first time that a sitting Prime Minister of Tuvalu had died in office.
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