| Feleti Teo | |
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| Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum | |
| In office 22 May 2008 – 20 August 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Greg Urwin |
| Succeeded by | Tuiloma Neroni Slade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1962 Tuvalu |
| Spouse(s) | Tausaga |
| Children | 4 |
Feleti Penitala Teo (born 9 October 1962 Tuvalu), also spelled Feleti Te'o, is a Tuvaluan former Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.[1]
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Feleti Teo received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] He obtained his Master of Laws degree in Public Law from Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.[1]
Teo served as the Attorney General of Tuvalu, with the official title of Attorney General and Head of the Legal and Judicial Services of Tuvalu.[1] Before becoming Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Teo served as the Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), which is based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.[1]
Teo was appointed acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum on 2 May 2008, following the resignation of Australian Greg Urwin due to illness. Teo had served as Urwin's deputy Secretary General. He officially began work at the Secretariat on 22 May 2008.[1]
Teo was nominated for a full three year term as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum in August 2008 by the government of Tuvalu.[2] The other two nominees for Secretary General were Wilkie Rasmussen, the Foreign Minister of the Cook Islands and Tuiloma Neroni Slade, the former Attorney General of Samoa and former justice of the International Criminal Court.[2] Ultimately, Slade was chosen as the next Secretary General at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Niue.[3]
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