Billy Talagi | |
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Minister for Education and Social Services | |
In office 6 May 2017 –30 May 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Toke Talagi |
Preceded by | Pokotoa Sipeli |
Succeeded by | Sauni Tongatule |
Minister of Natural Resources | |
In office 30 April 2014 –6 May 2017 | |
Succeeded by | Dalton Tagelagi |
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll | |
Assumed office 29 April 2023 | |
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Avatele | |
In office 19 March 1999 –30 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Aokuso Pavihi |
Succeeded by | Poimamao Vakanofisi |
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll | |
In office 15 February 1997 –19 March 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | None |
Billy Graham Talagi is a Niuean politician and former Member of the Niue Assembly. He is the brother of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi. [1]
Talagi was first elected to the Niue Assembly in a 1997 by-election. [2] He has represented the village of Avatele in the Niue Assembly continuously since 1999. [3] [4] In 2005,2008,and 2014 he was elected unopposed. In 2014 he was made Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Toke Talagi. [5] [6] In 2017 he was made Minister for Education and Social Services. [7] In 2019 he served as Acting Prime Minister while Toke Talagi was receiving medical treatment in New Zealand. [1] [8]
In May 2018 Talagi was discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting MP Terry Coe outside the Niuean Assembly. [9]
He contested the common roll in the 2020 Niuean general election but failed to win a seat. [10] He was re-elected at the 2023 election. [11]
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