Namoliki Sualiki

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

Namoliki Sualiki Neemia

MP OBE
Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development
Assumed office
5 August 2013
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byPelenike Isaia
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
In office
29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010
Prime MinisterMaatia Toafa
Preceded byFalesa Pitoi
Succeeded byFalesa Pitoi
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nukulaelae
Assumed office
3 August 2006
Preceded byBikenibeu Paeniu
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

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] The same year, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for public and community service.[4]

In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae.[5] He was re-elected in the 2010 general election,[6] 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.[7]

Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013;[8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election.[9]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[10]

References
  1. James Cook University
  2. "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  3. National Library of Australia
  4. "Commonwealth honours", BBC, 31 December 2002
  5. "New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament" Archived 1 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Tuvalu News, 4 August 2006
  6. "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  7. "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  8. "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu's New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  9. Tahana, Jamie (10 September 2019). "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. "No. 61455". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N58.
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