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
- Web site: Hon. Joan Sisiati Tahafa Viliamu . Pacific Women in Politics . 2014-01-26.
- Web site: Pavihi . Esther . Former Cabinet Minister Hon. Joan Tahafa Viliamu passed away . TV Niue . TV Niue . 16 May 2023.
- Web site: Three new common roll and one new village representative in unofficial election results from Niue . 2011-05-09 . 2014-01-26.
- Web site: Niue cabinet includes first term woman MP . Radio New Zealand International . 2011-05-20 . 2014-01-26.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- Web site: Number of female Members of Parliament in Niue drops . TV Niue . 4 June 2020 . 11 June 2020.