Saloa Tauia Explained
Saloa Tauia (? - February 2003) was a Tuvaluan politician who served as Speaker of Parliament from August 2002 until his death in February 2003.[1]
Saloa Tauia had earlier served as the Chief of Police & Chief Immigration Officer.[2] 1990 marked Tauia’s 33 year as a police officer.[3] Tauia was appointed as an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1990 for public service.[4] He also serviced as Crown Counsel and as a Magistrate.[5]
He was elected to Parliament in the July 2002 general election to represent Niutao.[1] He was appointed as the speaker. He died in February 2003.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Paulson Panapa & Jon Fraenkel. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . The Loneliness of the Pro-Government Backbencher and the Precariousness of Simple Majority Rule in Tuvalu. 2008. 11 April 2015.
- Book: Munro, D. . Samoan Pastors in Tuvalu, 1865–1899 . 1996 . Suva, Fiji, Pacific Theological College and the University of the South Pacific . 245 . The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific . D. Munro & A. Thornley . 9820201268.
- Web site: South Pacific islanders wonder about the future. AP . 6 September 1990. 19 September 2021.
- Web site: Supplement to the London Gazette . UK Government. 15 June 1990 . 19 September 2021.
- Web site: Tuvalu Island Courts Bench Book . e Pacific Judicial Education Programme, in collaboration with the Tuvalu National Judicial Education Committee. June 2004 . 19 September 2021.
- Web site: Paulson Panapa & Jon Fraenkel. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . The Loneliness of the Pro-Government Backbencher and the Precariousness of Simple Majority Rule in Tuvalu. 2008. 11 April 2015.
- Book: Turner . B . 2004 . The Statesman's Yearbook 2004: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World . Palgrave Macmillan .
