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Minute Alapati Taupo OBE was a Tuvaluan politician, diplomat, economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nanumanga electorate. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry.
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- ↑ Penehuro Lefale, Life on a Small Island: Interview with Annie Homasi. Accessed 20 July 2020.
- ↑ Tuvalu election result heralds change, RNZ, 4 August 2006. Accessed 20 July 2020.
- ↑ "No. 56803". The London Gazette (7th supplement). 30 December 2002. pp. 36–37.
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