Lagitupu Tuilimu

The Right Honourable
Lagitupu Tuilimu
Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu
In office
8 December 2000 – 24 February 2001
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Sir Tomasi Puapua
Preceded by Ionatana Ionatana
Succeeded by Faimalaga Luka
Personal details
Born Tuvalu
Political party Independent
Profession Politician

The Rt Hon Lagitupu Tulimu is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu, who represented the constituency of Nanumea. He served as the Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001 following the death of incumbent Ionatana Ionatana.[1][2]

Early political career

He became deputy Prime Minister and finance minister in April 1999, when Ionatana Ionatana's government took office. One of the main issues of Ionatana's Government in which Tuilimu served was the country's membership of the United Nations, which Tuvalu assumed in this period.

Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu

On the death of Ionatana Ionatana on December 8, 2000 Tuilimu served as acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001.[2] His assumption of this office came because he had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu on the death of Ionatana.[1] This was the first time that a sitting Prime Minister of Tuvalu had died in office.

See also

Preceded by
Ionatana Ionatana		 Prime Minister of Tuvalu
2000-2001 Acting 		Succeeded by
Faimalaga Luka

References

  1. 1 2 "Tuvalu: Year in Review 2001". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2003.
  2. 1 2 Lansford, Tom (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press.


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