Post: | Premier |
Body: | Niue |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of Niue |
Flag: | Flag of Niue.svg |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Niue |
Incumbent: | Dalton Tagelagi |
Incumbentsince: | 11 June 2020 |
Type: | Head of government |
Member Of: | Cabinet of Niue, Assembly |
Seat: | Alofi |
Appointer: | King's Representative to Niue |
Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Constituting Instrument: | Niue Constitution Act |
Precursor: | Leader of Government Business |
Formation: | 19 October 1974 |
First: | Sir Robert Rex |
The premier of Niue is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms 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.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
1 | Sir Robert Rex | 19 October 1974 | 12 December 1992 † | Independent | 1975 1978 1981 1984 | |||||
Niue People's Party | 1987 1990 | |||||||||
2 | Young Vivian | 12 December 1992 | 9 March 1993 | Niue People's Party | – | |||||
3 | Frank Lui | 9 March 1993 | 26 March 1999 | Independent | 1993 1996 | |||||
4 | Sani Lakatani | 26 March 1999 | 1 May 2002 | Niue People's Party | 1999 | |||||
(2) | Young Vivian | 1 May 2002 | 19 June 2008 | Niue People's Party | 2002 | |||||
Independent | 2005 | |||||||||
5 | Sir Toke Talagi | 19 June 2008 | 11 June 2020 | Independent | 2008 2011 2014 2017 | [2] | ||||
6 | Dalton Tagelagi | 11 June 2020 | Incumbent | Independent | 2020 2023 | [3] |