Kitiona Tausi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kitiona Tausi
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade
Term Start1:July 2022
Term End1:27 February 2024
Primeminister1:Kausea Natano
Predecessor1:Minute Alapati Taupo
Successor1:Panapasi Nelesoni
Office2:Member of Parliament
Term Start2:5 July 2022
Term End2:26 January 2024
Predecessor2:Minute Alapati Taupo
Successor2:Hamoa Holona
Constituency2:Nanumanga
Birth Date:December 1954
Party:Independent

Kitiona Tausi (born December 1954) was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2022 by-election to represent the Nanumanga electorate;[1] However he was not re-elected in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election.[2] [3]

He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry to succeed Minute Alapati Taupo.[4]

Career

Tausi trained in theology and was appointed as a priest of Tuvalu's main church, Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu, and acted as the General Secretary of the organisation.[5] From January 2011 until his retirement he was a parish minister at the Vaialofa Vaiaku Church on Funafuti. Following his retirement, he was appointed as a chaplain to Fetuvalu Secondary School.[6]

Following his retirement, as a parish minister, on 28 September 2020, he established the first private newspaper to operate in the country – Tuvalu Paradise News - and was editor of the print newspaper and website.[7] The Tuvalu Paradise News was published until Tausi was appointed as a member of parliament. In February 2024, Tausi began the publication of a newsletter under the title Island of Hope.[8]

He has been appointed to a number of Tuvaluan government and non-government organisations, including: Tuvalu Association of Non Government Organizations (TANGO),[9] the Tuvalu National Private Sector Organisation (TNPSO),[10] and prior to his election as a member of parliament he was the chairman of the Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation (TVBC) board of directors.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pita . Ligaiula . Chair of the Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation wins Nanumaga by-election. Pacific News Service/Radio Tuvalu. 16 July 2022. 9 Feb 2023.
  2. News: Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament . . 29 January 2024 . 29 January 2024.
  3. News: Marinaccio. Jess . Tuvalu’s 2024 general election: a new political landscape. 30 January 2024 . PolicyDevBlog. 30 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Tuvalu - Heads of Government Listing. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia. 2022 . 9 February 2021.
  5. Book: "Lipoti mo Ikuga Fono," (Reports and Minutes) Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu, 19 Fono Lasi (General Assembly) 2006-Nukulaelae, 09-13 Iulai (July) 2006, 58-9.. 2006 . Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT).
  6. Web site: Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu - Posting For 2019 - 2022. Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT) . 2019. 9 February 2021.
  7. Web site: Minister Launches First Private Newspaper In The Country – "Tuvalu Paradise News". tuvaluparadise.tv. 28 September 2020 . 9 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Who will form the next government is the question on the minds of the people of Tuvalu. Radio New Zealand (RNZ). 21 February 2024. 22 February 2024.
  9. Web site: Tuvalu Education for the 21st Century - Priorities & Needs. University of the South Pacific (USP). June 1997. 3 February 2023.
  10. Web site: Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Plan. Government of Tuvalu. February 2017. 9 February 2023.

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