Mona Ainuu Explained

Mona Ainu'u
Office:Minister of Natural Resources
Primeminister:Dalton Tagelagi
Term Start:11 June 2020
Predecessor:Dalton Tagelagi
Office2:Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources
Minister2:Dalton Tagelagi
Term Start2:May 2017
Term End2:11 June 2020
Primeminister2:Toke Talagi
Predecessor2:Halene Magatogia
Constituency Mp5:Tuapa
Term Start5:6 May 2017
Predecessor5:Fisa Igilisi Pihigia
Party:None
Nationality:Niuean
Occupation:Journalist
Politician

Mona Ainuu is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister.

Prior to entering politics, Ainuu was a journalist with the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue and a Public Relations and Media Officer with the Niuean government.[1] [2] She was also the president of the Niue Island Volleyball Association and a founding member of the Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists.[3] [4]

Ainu'u was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2017 Niuean general election, representing the Tuapa constituency.[5] She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources.[6] On 11 June Ainu'u was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi.[7]

She was re-elected unopposed at the 2023 election,[8] and reappointed to Tagelagi's cabinet holding the same portfolios.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Niue gears up for Pacific Forum . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 18 August 2008 . 5 November 2017.
  2. Web site: First of its kind for Pacific Island emergency response . Pacific Community . 5 November 2017.
  3. Web site: NIU - NIUE ISLAND VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION . International Volleyball Federation . 5 November 2017.
  4. Web site: PADJ News: Mona Ainuu awarded SPREP Fellowship . Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists . 5 November 2017.
  5. News: Few new faces in Niue parliament . Radio New Zealand . 8 May 2017 . 5 November 2017.
  6. Web site: THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT - CABINET MINISTERS & PORTFOLIOS . Government of Niue . 5 November 2017.
  7. Web site: New Cabinet Line-up! . Talaniue . 11 June 2020 . 25 June 2020.
  8. Web site: List of candidates for the 2023 General Elections released; Tagelagi duly elected with 5 others . TV Niue . Esther Pavihi . 14 April 2023 . 14 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Dalton Tagelagi forms Niue's first gender-balanced Cabinet . RNZ . 15 May 2023 . 15 May 2023.
  10. Web site: Premier Tagelagi announce first gender- balanced Cabinet . TV Niue . Esther Pavihi . 12 May 2023 . 15 May 2023.