Namoliki Sualiki Explained

Namoliki Sualiki Neemia
Honorific-Suffix:MP, MBE & OBE
Office:Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development
Primeminister:Enele Sopoaga
Term Start:5 August 2013
Term End:9 September 2019
Predecessor:Pelenike Isaia
Successor:Katepu Laoi
Office2:Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
Primeminister2:Maatia Toafa
Term Start2:29 September 2010
Term End2:24 December 2010
Predecessor2:Falesa Pitoi
Successor2:Falesa Pitoi
Constituency Mp3:Nukulaelae
Parliament3:Tuvaluan
Predecessor3:Bikenibeu Paeniu
Term Start3:3 August 2006
Party:Independent

Namoliki Sualiki Neemia, &, generally referred to as Namoliki Sualiki, is a Tuvaluan politician.

Education and career as a teacher

He obtained a Master of Education degree at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, in 1994. His thesis, entitled "Learning for life: up to and beyond the year 2000", explored the social aspects of education and education planning in Tuvalu.[1] He became a teacher.[2] In 2003, he published a booklet entitled Tuvalu Technical Vocational Education and Training, with the government of Tuvalu and NZAID.[3]

Political career

In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae.[4] He was re-elected in the 2010 general election,[5] and Prime Minister Maatia Toafa appointed him Minister for Education, Youth and Sport.[2] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[6]

Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013;[7] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election.[8]

No candidates contested the sitting MPs Seve Paeniu and Namoliki Sualiki in the 2024 general election, so they were automatically returned to parliament.[9] [10]

Honours

In 2003 he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for public and community service.[11]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.

Notes and References

  1. http://hip.jcu.edu.au/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12816472377VN.1391560&profile=st&uri=link=3100014~!255633~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab39&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Educational+planning+--+Tuvalu&index=PSUBJ#focus James Cook University
  2. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201009/s3025304.htm "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet"
  3. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3724042?lookfor=author:%22New%20Zealand%20Agency%20for%20International%20Development%22&offset=6&max=15 National Library of Australia
  4. http://www.tuvalu-news.tv/archives/2006/08/ "New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament"
  5. Web site: The Parliament of Tuvalu. Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members). 7 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130305104520/http://www.parliament.gov.tv/members/current-members/. 5 March 2013. dmy-all.
  6. News: Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu . 24 December 2010 . . 27 October 2011.
  7. Web site: Islands Business. Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu’s New PM. 5 August 2013. 5 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054326/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2209/enele-sopoaga-sworn-in-today-as-tuvalus-new-pm/. 21 September 2013. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Jamie. Tahana. Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament. Radio New Zealand. 10 September 2019. 10 September 2019.
  9. News: Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament . . 29 January 2024 . 29 January 2024.
  10. News: Marinaccio. Jess . Tuvalu’s 2024 general election: a new political landscape. 30 January 2024 . PolicyDevBlog. 30 January 2024.
  11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2615845.stm "Commonwealth honours"