Monise Laafai

Monise Laafai
Monise Laafai at the ITU Telecom World 2016
Minister for Communications
and Transport
In office
5 August 2013 – 19 September 2019
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byKausea Natano
Succeeded bySimon Kofe
Minister of Finance
In office
29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010
Prime MinisterMaatia Toafa
Preceded byLotoala Metia
Succeeded byLotoala Metia
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nanumaga
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 September 2010
Preceded byOtinielu Tausi
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

Monise Laafai is a Tuvaluan politician and businessman.

He stood for Parliament for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency of Nanumaga.[1][2] He supported Maatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet, as Minister of Finance.[3][4] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[5]

Laafai is also General Manager of the Tuvalu Co-operative Society,[6] a position he has held since the late 1990s. He was also chef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa.[7]

On 5 August 2013 Monise Laafai was appointed Minister for Communications and Transport;[8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.

He was re-elected in the 2019 general election;[9] and again in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election.[10][11]

Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2010 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Tuvalu Election Results"[usurped], Tuvalu News, 16 September 2010
  3. ^ "New-look government for Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. ^ "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  5. ^ "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Competition forces redundancy for Tuvalu’s largest wholesale and retail outlet", Pacific Islands News Association, 5 March 2010
  7. ^ "Tuvalu flag raised", Tuvalu News, 25 August 2007
  8. ^ "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu's New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  9. ^ Tahana, Jamie (10 September 2019). "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament". Radio New Zealand. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. ^ Marinaccio, Jess (30 January 2024). "Tuvalu's 2024 general election: a new political landscape". PolicyDevBlog. Retrieved 30 January 2024.


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