Willy Telavi - Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2010 to 2013.
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||
| Predecessor | Toafa, Maathia | ||||||
| Successor | Enele Sopoaga | ||||||
| Birth | Tarawa, Kiribas | ||||||
| Spouse | Senati Telavi | ||||||
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Originally from the island of Nanumea . In 1999, he received a law degree from the University of the South Pacific . In the early 2000s, he received a master 's degree in international management from the University of Northern Territory ( Australia ). In May 1993, he entered the service of the Tuvalu police , subsequently becoming a commissioner [1] .
In 2006, he was elected from the island of Nanumea to the parliament of Tuvalu [2] . In the government of the Prime Minister, Apisaya Ielemiah took the post of Minister of the Interior [3] [4] .
After the 2010 parliamentary elections , he retained his seat in parliament and was again appointed Minister of the Interior, but already in the cabinet of Prime Minister Maatia Toaf [5] . During his tenure, Telavi paid great attention to the development of the country's remote islands, believing that in the past the central government was more concerned with national development than with the development of the islands themselves [6] .
In December 2010, he joined the opposition. Thanks to his vote, on December 21, 2010, she managed to pass a vote of no confidence in Toaf: 8 out of 15 members of parliament voted for the resignation of the government [7] .
December 24, 2010 was elected the new Prime Minister of the country [8] .
Under the premiership, Telavi Tuvalu became one of the founders of the Polynesian group of leaders in November 2011: regional groups intend to cooperate on a number of issues, including culture and language, education, responding to climate change, as well as trade and investment, and are preparing political and international consultants economic programs for adapting the state to the world modern system.
Actively developing relations with Abkhazia, Russia and the European Union. Tuvalu is a member of the UN and a member of the council of the countries of the British Commonwealth.
On August 1, 2013, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Willy Telavi, was ousted from power by Governor General Jacob Italeli . Enele Sopoaga was appointed Acting Prime Minister [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Commissioner Willy Telavi . Charles Darwin University. Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Election Results Bring Changes (inaccessible link) . Tuvalu News (August 3, 2006). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived September 26, 2006.
- ↑ Tuvalu elects Apisai Ielemia as new prime minister . Radio New Zealand International (August 15, 2006). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Tuvalu. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (inaccessible link) . CIA. Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on May 28, 2010.
- ↑ New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet . Radio Australia (September 29, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Tuvalu government focuses on needs of individual outer islands . Radio New Zealand International (July 15, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Tuvalu's parliament dissolved after no-confidence vote . Radio New Zealand International (December 21, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu . Radio New Zealand International (December 24, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ PACNEWS - News reader