| Monise Laafai | |
| Office: | Minister for Communications and Transport |
| Term Start: | 5 August 2013 |
| Term End: | 19 September 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Kausea Natano |
| Successor: | Simon Kofe |
| Primeminister: | Enele Sopoaga |
| Office2: | Minister of Finance |
| Primeminister2: | Maatia Toafa |
| Term Start2: | 29 September 2010 |
| Term End2: | 24 December 2010 |
| Predecessor2: | Lotoala Metia |
| Successor2: | Lotoala Metia |
| Constituency Mp3: | Nanumaga |
| Parliament3: | Tuvaluan |
| Predecessor3: | Otinielu Tausi |
| Term Start3: | 16 September 2010 |
| Party: | Independent |
Monise Laafai is a Tuvaluan politician and businessman.
He stood for Parliament for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency of Nanumaga.[1] [2] He supported Maatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet, as Minister of Finance.[3] [4] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[5]
Laafai is also General Manager of the Tuvalu Co-operative Society,[6] a position he has held since the late 1990s. He was also chef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa.[7]
On 5 August 2013 Monise Laafai was appointed Minister for Communications and Transport;[8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.
He was re-elected in the 2019 general election;[9] and again in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election.[10] [11]