John Operator Tiakia | |
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Member of the Niuean Parliament for Lakepa | |
In office 30 May 2020 –29 April 2023 | |
Succeeded by | Rhonda Tiakia Tomailuga |
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Lakepa | |
In office 23 February 1996 –30 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | Halene Kupa Magatogia |
Succeeded by | Halene Kupa Magatogia |
John Operator Tiakia is a Niuean politician and former member of the Niue Assembly. He is the father of MP Rhonda Tiakia Tomailuga. [1]
Tiakia worked as a civil servant for the Department of Public Works. [2] He was elected to the Niue Assembly at the 1996 Niuean general election,and served as MP for Lakepa until 2005. [2] After leaving parliament he was appointed Public Service Commissioner. [2] Following the 2011 election he was unsuccessfully nominated by opposition MP Terry Coe for the position of Speaker. [3]
He was re-elected at the 2020 election. In February 2022 he was appointed as Member Assisting the Minister of Infrastructure. [2] He retired at the 2023 election, [4] and was succeeded in his seat by his daughter,Rhonda Tiakia Tomailuga. [1]
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