Prime Minister of Niue

Prime Minister of Niue
Flag of Niue
Incumbent Dalton Tagelagi since 11 June 2020
Type	Head of government
Member of	Cabinet of Niue, Assembly
Seat	Alofi
Appointer	King's Representative to Niue
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Constituting instrument	Niue Constitution Act
Precursor	Leader of Government Business
Formation	19 October 1974
First holder	Sir Robert Rex

The prime minister of Niue (officially the premier of Niue prior to 3 September 2024) ^[a] is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and form a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly. ^[1]

Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from Niue's associated statehood in 1974 until his death in 1992.

List of officeholders

Political parties and other affiliations

   Niue People's Party

   Independent

Symbols

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sir Robert Rex (1909–1992)	19 October 1974	12 December 1992 [†]	18 years, 54 days		Independent (1974–1987)	1975 1978 1981 1984
							Niue People's Party (1987–1992)	1987 1990
2		Young Vivian (born 1935)	12 December 1992	9 March 1993	87 days		Niue People's Party	–
3		Frank Lui (1935–2021)	9 March 1993	26 March 1999	6 years, 17 days		Independent	1993 1996
4		Sani Lakatani (born 1936)	26 March 1999	1 May 2002	3 years, 36 days		Niue People's Party	1999
(2)		Young Vivian (born 1935)	1 May 2002	19 June 2008	6 years, 49 days		Niue People's Party (2002–2003)	2002
							Independent (2003–2008)	2005
5		Sir Toke Talagi (1951–2020)	19 June 2008	11 June 2020	11 years, 358 days		Independent	2008 2011 2014 2017	[2]
6		Dalton Tagelagi (born 1968)	11 June 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 295 days		Independent	2020 2023	[3]

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Niue. They are listed in order of office (Vivian is shown in order of his first premiership).

See also

• Politics of Niue
• Patu-iki
• List of Niuean monarchs
• List of resident commissioners of Niue

Notes

1. The prime minister is still referred to as the premier in most governmental pages and entities, and retains the title as an alternate, transitional, or quasi-official name despite the recent referendum.

References

1. Hannum, Hurst (29 March 1993). Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 403. ISBN   079231977X . Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "Niue Has New Premier". Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
3. "Dalton Tagelagi voted in as new Premier of Niue". RNZ. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

• World Statesmen – Niue