Namoliki Sualiki

Namoliki Sualiki Neemia
MP MBE
Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 August 2013
Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga
Preceded by Pelenike Isaia
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
In office
29 September 2010  24 December 2010
Prime Minister Maatia Toafa
Preceded by Falesa Pitoi
Succeeded by Falesa Pitoi
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nukulaelae
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 August 2006
Preceded by Bikenibeu Paeniu
Personal details
Political party Independent

Namoliki Sualiki Neemia MBE, generally referred to as Namoliki Sualiki, is a Tuvaluan politician.

He obtained a Master of Education degree at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, in 1994. His thesis, entitled "Learning for life: up to and beyond the year 2000", explored the social aspects of education and education planning in Tuvalu.[1] He became a teacher.[2] In 2003, he published a booklet entitled Tuvalu Technical Vocational Education and Training, with the government of Tuvalu and NZAID.[3] The same year, he was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), a title awarded to him in recognition of his "public and community service".[4]

In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae.[5] He was re-elected in the 2010 general election,[6] and Prime Minister Maatia Toafa appointed him Minister for Education, Youth and Sport.[7] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[8]

Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013 following Enele Sopoaga becoming prime minister.[9]

References

  1. James Cook University
  2. "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  3. National Library of Australia
  4. "Commonwealth honours", BBC, 31 December 2002
  5. "New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament", Tuvalu News, 4 August 2006
  6. "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  7. "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  8. "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  9. "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu’s New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.