Tupeni Lebaivalu Baba was a Fijian academic,politician,and Cabinet Minister. A founding member of the Fiji Labour Party,he served as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Timoci Bavadra until removed from office by the 1987 Fijian coups d'état,and then one of the two Deputy Prime Ministers in the government of Mahendra Chaudhry until removed from office by the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. After splitting with Choudhry in the wake of the coup,he founded the New Labour Unity Party to contest the 2001 election,but failed to win a seat in Parliament. He unsuccessfully attempting to re-enter politics at the 2006 election under the banner of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua,and again at the 2014 election as part of the Social Democratic Liberal Party.
The Niue People's Party was a political party in Niue. Founded in 1987 by Niueans living in New Zealand,it was disbanded in 2003. It was,during that time,the country's only political party.
Sir Thomas Robert Alexander Harries Davis was a Cook Islands statesman and medical researcher. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 1978 to March 1983,and again from November 1983 to July 1987. He also worked as a medical officer,and as a medical researcher for the US Army and NASA. He was a founder of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society and constructed and voyaged in several replica vaka,including Tākitumu and Te Au o Tonga.
Albert Royle Henry was the first Premier of the Cook Islands and the founder and first leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP). First elected Premier in August 1965,he was unseated in the aftermath of the 1978 election after an electoral petition found he had committed electoral fraud. He was later stripped of his knighthood. In 2023 he was posthumously pardoned.
Sani Elia Lagigietama Lakatani is a former Premier of Niue. He was a member of the Niue People's Party.
Frank Fakaotimanava Lui was a Niuean politician,who served as the premier of the Pacific Island state of Niue from 1993 to 1999.
General elections were held in Niue on 21 March 2002 to determine the composition of the twenty member Assembly.
Enetama Lipi is a former politician from Niue. He was an Assemblyman for Namukulu when he was elected into the Niue Legislative Assembly and was appointed to the Executive Council following the 1972 election. In 1973 he served as part of the negotiating team which negotiated the terms of Niue's self-government. He became a Cabinet Minister in Robert Rex's first Government following the attainment of self-government status by Niue on 19 October 1974.
The Cabinet of Niue is the chief executive body of Niue.
Bill Vakaafi Motufoou is a Niuean politician and former Cabinet Minister.
Tauveve O’Love Jacobsen is a Niuean politician and diplomat. She served as Niue's High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. Her predecessor was Sisilia Talagi,Niue's first female diplomat and High Commissioner. She had previously served as a member of the Niue Assembly and a minister in Toke Talagi's government. She was previously a long-standing leading figure in the informal parliamentary Opposition to Young Vivian's government. She was,from 2008 to 2011,Minister of Health,Minister of Public Works,Minister of Women's Affairs,and Minister in charge of the Niue Power Corporation. She had previously been Minister of Education,Health,Environment,Training and Development. Additionally,Jacobsen is a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,and Patroness of the Niuean Volleyball Association.
Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi was a Niuean politician,diplomat,and statesman. He served as Premier of Niue from 2008 to 2020.
Norman George is a Cook Islands politician and former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament,Deputy Prime Minister,and Cabinet Minister.
General elections were held in Niue on 7 April 1990,seven months after Cyclone Ofa caused considerable damage to the island. While primarily contested by independents,the election was contested by Young Vivian's Niue People's Action Party (NPAP),which was opposed to premier Robert Rex. On election night the NPAP believed it had a majority,but a leadership dispute between Vivian and newly-elected MP Sani Lakatani saw a group of MP's led by the latter switch sides.
Atapana Siakimotu was a Niuean politician,diplomat,and public servant. He served as the speaker of the Niuean Assembly between 2002 and 2011.
Dalton Emani Makamau Tagelagi is a Niuean politician and Premier of Niue since June 2020. He was elected premier by the Niue Legislative Assembly on 11 June 2020,defeating O'Love Jacobsen by 13 votes to 7.
General elections were held in Niue on 26 April 1975.
Tuagatagaloa Patricia Rex,Lady Rex was a Niuean politician. The wife of Niue's first Premier Robert Rex,she was jointly one of the first women elected to the Niue Assembly. She also designed the flag of Niue.
Hunuki Saletogia Hunukitama was a Niuean politician and independent member of the Niue Assembly from 2001 until his death in 2003. Prior to his election to the assembly,Hunukitama served as the secretary to the premier of Niue. Additionally,Hunukitama served in managerial roles across a number of governmental and business organizations.
Dion Paki Taufitu is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister.
