Honorific Prefix: | Tokelau: Faipule |
Falima Teao | |
Order: | 5th |
Office: | Head of Government of TokelauUlu-o-Tokelau |
Term Start: | February 1997 |
Term End: | February 1998 |
Predecessor: | Pio Tuia |
Successor: | Kuresa Nasau |
Falima Teao (born 1931) was the Tokelau: Ulu-o-Tokelau, or head of government, of Tokelau from February 1997 to February 1998. He was also the Tokelau: faipule, or chief head of council, of the atoll of Fakaofo from January 1996 to January 1999. The position of ulu of Tokelau rotates annually between the three faipule (one for each of the three atolls), who are elected for terms lasting three years.
In 2004, Teao was one of the two dentists resident on Fakaofo.[1]