Joan Viliamu Explained

Joan Sisiati Tahafa Viliamu
Birth Date:22 March 1966
Birth Place:Tuapa, Niue
Office:Minister of Health,
Minister of Community Affairs,
Minister for the Niue Broadcasting Corporation
Term Start1:May 2011
Term End1:April 2014
Successor1:Pokotoa Sipeli
Constituency Mp2:Common roll
Parliament2:Niuean
Term Start2:May 2011
Term End2:June 2020
Party:None

Joan Sisiati Tahafa Viliamu (22 March 1966[1] – 25 November 2022[2]) was a Niuean politician and Cabinet minister.

Viliamu was born in Tuapa and educated at Matalave Primary School and Niue High School Intermediate.[1] She worked as a public servant and businesswoman[1] before being elected to the Niue Assembly on the common roll at the 2011 election.[3] Following the election she was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Health, the Community Sector, and Minister for the Niue Broadcasting Corporation.[4] [5] She was re-elected in the 2014 Niuean general election but downgraded to an Assistant Minister.[6] [7] She was again re-elected at the 2017 election, but lost her seat at the 2020 election.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Joan Sisiati Tahafa Viliamu . Pacific Women in Politics . 2014-01-26.
  2. Web site: Pavihi . Esther . Former Cabinet Minister Hon. Joan Tahafa Viliamu passed away . TV Niue . TV Niue . 16 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Three new common roll and one new village representative in unofficial election results from Niue . 2011-05-09 . 2014-01-26.
  4. Web site: Niue cabinet includes first term woman MP . Radio New Zealand International . 2011-05-20 . 2014-01-26.
  5. Web site: Cabinet Ministers . Government of Niue . 2014-01-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041609/http://www.gov.nu/wb/pages/cabinet-ministers-tau-ikipule.php . 12 October 2013 .
  6. Web site: GOVERNMENT OF NIUE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER . Gov.nu . 30 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009232649/http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Premier%20Talagi%20Press%20Releases/Press%20Release%20-Cabinet%20Ministers%20new%20Portfolios.pdf . 9 October 2014 .
  7. Web site: Premier Toke Talagi announces Niue Govt and cabinet portfolios . Lealaiauloto Aigaletaulealea Tauafiafi . Pacific Guardians . 30 April 2014 . 11 June 2020 . 19 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120249/http://pacificguardians.org/blog/2014/04/30/premier-toke-talagi-announces-niue-govt-and-cabinet-portfolios/ . dead .
  8. Web site: Number of female Members of Parliament in Niue drops . TV Niue . 4 June 2020 . 11 June 2020.

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