Maureen Melekitama | |
Constituency Mp10: | Mutalau |
Parliament10: | Niuean |
Term Start10: | 29 April 2023 |
Predecessor10: | Makaseau Ioane |
Constituency Mp11: | Mutalau |
Parliament11: | Niuean |
Term Start11: | 6 May 2017 |
Term End11: | 30 May 2020 |
Predecessor11: | Bill Vakaafi Motufoou |
Successor11: | Makaseau Ioane |
Florence Maureen Melekitama is a Niuean civil servant and politician.
Melekitama was a civil servant who worked for the tax office.[1] She was first elected to the Niue Assembly at the 2017 Niuean general election, when she tied with rival candidate Makaseau Ioane but had her name drawn by lot.[2] She lost the seat to Ioane at the 2020 election, again on a hat-draw.[3] [4] Following her electoral defeat she was appointed Internal Auditor by the Niuean Government.[1]
She was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2023 election.[5] [6] She was subsequently appointed as Member Assisting the Minister to Sonya Talagi, the Minister for Education and Social Services.[7]