The politics of Tuvalu takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy,whereby the monarch is the head of state,represented by the governor-general,while the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government.
Sir Tomasi Puapua is a political figure who represented Vaitupu in the Parliament of Tuvalu. He attended the Fiji School of Medicine and the Otago University Medical School. He married Riana Puapua.
Maatia Toafa OBE is a Tuvaluan politician,representing Nanumea,who served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Tuvalu. He first served as prime minister,and foreign minister,from 2004 to 2006,from the resignation of his predecessor,Saufatu Sopoanga,until the defeat of his Cabinet in the 2006 general election. From 2004 to 2006 he also held the role of foreign minister.
Tuvalu elects a legislature on a national level. The Parliament of Tuvalu has 16 members,elected for a four-year term in 8 double-seat constituencies. Tuvalu is a de facto non-partisan democracy since it does not have political parties. The political system is based on personal alliances and loyalties derived from clan and family connections. It does tend to have both a distinct government and a distinct opposition. The 16 members of the current parliament are elected from eight two-seat constituencies via plurality block voting.
Bikenibeu Paeniu,PC is a politician from Tuvalu. He represented the constituency of Nukulaelae in the Parliament of Tuvalu. He has served twice as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu,and now serving as Tuvaluan ambassador to Taiwan since June 2022.
Sir Tomu Malaefone Sione,,was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He worked as a journalist from 1962 to 1968,and held the post of radio announcer in the Broadcasting and Information Department of the administration of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (GEIC). He was the head of the southern Niutao clan. He was married to Segali.
The Parliament of Tuvalu is the unicameral national legislature of Tuvalu. The place at which the parliament sits is called the Vaiaku maneapa. The maneapa on each island is an open meeting place where the chiefs and elders deliberate and make decisions.
Willy Telavi is a Tuvaluan politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2010 to 2013.
Sir Iakoba Taeia Italeli is a Tuvaluan politician who was the governor-general of Tuvalu from 16 April 2010,until 22 August 2019,when he resigned to contest in the 2019 general election. He was not successful in that election,however he was elected as a member of parliament in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election.
Naama Maheu Latasi,Lady Latasi,OBE was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. She stood for election in the constituency of Nanumea in 1989 and was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu. Lady Latasi served as Minister of Health,Education and Community Services in the first Government of Prime Minister of Tuvalu Bikenibeu Paeniu. She was the first female member of parliament in Tuvaluan history. An amazing feat,that served to both pave the way for other aspiring female members of parliament today,but propelled the movement of gender equality. She served in Parliament from 1989 to 1997. Although she was not re-elected in the first 1993 general election but regained her seat in parliament in the second 1993 general election.
Parliamentary elections were held in Tuvalu on 16 September 2010. Voters elected fifteen members of the Parliament to a four-year term. All candidates were independents,as there are no political parties in the country. Ten out of the fifteen incumbent members were re-elected. The remaining five incumbents,including Deputy Prime Minister Tavau Teii,did not retain their seats. The incumbent Prime Minister,Apisai Ielemia,retained his seat in Vaitupu constituency. On 29 September,Maatia Toafa from Nanumea won eight of the fifteen votes to become Prime Minister.
Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019.
The Cabinet of Tuvalu is the executive branch of the government of Tuvalu.
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 27 September 1989. Bikenibeu Paeniu was elected prime minister following the elections and formed a five-member cabinet composed largely of opponents of the previous prime minister Tomasi Puapua.
Otinielu Tauteleimalae Tausi is a politician from Tuvalu for the constituency of Nanumanga. He served as the speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu from 2003 until 2006,then again from March 2014 onward,and has also been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu.
A by-election was held in the Nukufetau constituency in Tuvalu on 28 June 2013. It followed the death of MP and Minister for Finance Lotoala Metia,who died suddenly on 21 December 2012.
The governor-general of Tuvalu is the representative of the Tuvaluan monarch,currently King Charles III,in the country of Tuvalu.
The Tuvaluan constitutional crisis was a political dispute in Tuvalu between the government,led by Prime Minister Willy Telavi,and the opposition,led by Enele Sopoaga,that was precipitated by the death of the Minister of Finance,Lotoala Metia MP on 21 December 2012,which eliminated the government's majority. The dispute was eventually resolved in August 2013 by a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Willy Telavi,following which Enele Sopoaga was elected Prime Minister.
The Sopoaga Ministry was the 14th ministry of the Government of Tuvalu,led by Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga. It succeeds the Telavi Ministry upon its swearing in by Governor-General Sir Iakoba Italeli on 5 August 2013.
