Cabinet of Tuvalu

{{main|Teo Ministry}}

Following the 2024 Tuvaluan general election, Feleti Teo was appointed as prime minister on 26 February 2024, after he was elected unopposed by the parliament.{{cite web |first=Kirsty |last=Needham |title=Taiwan ally Tuvalu names Feleti Teo as new prime minister |work=Reuters |date= 26 February 2024|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |access-date=26 February 2024}}{{cite web|first= |last=Agence France-Presse|title=Tuvalu names Feleti Teo prime minister after pro-Taiwan leader Kausea Natano ousted |work=The Guardian |date=26 February 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/26/tuvalu-election-feleti-teo-named-pm-prime-minister-kausea-natano |access-date=26 February 2024}}{{cite web|first= |last=Australian Associated Press|title=Feleti Teo named as new Tuvalu prime minister |work=The National Indigenous Times|date=26 February 2024|url=https://nit.com.au/26-02-2024/9949/feleti-teo-named-as-new-tuvalu-prime-minister|access-date=26 February 2024}} On 27 February, Teo appointed the members of the Cabinet.{{cite web |first=|last= |title= Cabinet lineup of new Tuvalu government unveiled|work=Radio New Zealand |date= 28 February 2024|url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/510410/cabinet-lineup-of-new-tuvalu-government-unveiled|access-date=28 February 2024}}{{cite web |first= |last= |title= Tuvalu PM announces new Cabinet|work=Island Business|date= 29 January 2024|url= https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/tuvalu-pm-announces-new-cabinet/|access-date=3 March 2024}}

{{main|Natano Ministry}}

Following the 2019 Tuvaluan general election, on 19 September 2019, the members of parliament elected Kausea Natano from Funafuti as Prime Minister,{{cite web|title= Tuvalu has elected a new Prime Minister - Hon. Kausea Natano |website=Facebook|date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.facebook.com/fenuinews/|accessdate=19 September 2019}}{{cite web|title=Kausea Natano new PM of Tuvalu; Sopoaga ousted|work=Radio NZ |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399106/kausea-natano-new-pm-of-tuvalu-sopoaga-ousted |accessdate=19 September 2019}}{{cite web|last= Evan Wasuka & Alan Weedon|title= Pacific climate change champion Enele Sopoaga is no longer Tuvalu's PM – so who's next in?|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-19/tuvalu-ousts-enele-sopoaga-as-pm-and-installs-kausea-natano/11528694|accessdate=19 September 2019}}{{cite web|last= Colin Packham & Jonathan Barrett|title= Tuvalu changes PM, adds to concerns over backing for Taiwan in Pacific|work=Reuters|date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-tuvalu/tuvalu-changes-pm-adds-to-concerns-over-backing-for-taiwan-in-pacific-idUSKBN1W400A|accessdate=19 September 2019}} and Samuelu Teo was elected as Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu.

Mrs. Teniku Talesi Honolulu, the acting Governor-General of Tuvalu convened the Parliament of Tuvalu to meet on 19 September 2019, at which Kausea Natano was elected as Prime Minister of Tuvalu.{{cite web|last= Pareti |first= Samisoni |work=Islands Business |title= Natano gets PM nomination |date= 16 September 2019 |url= https://www.islandsbusiness.com/breaking-news/item/2576-natano-gets-pm-nomination.html|access-date=5 January 2021 }} Natano appointed the members of the Cabinet,{{cite web|title= New Tuvalu Government suspends Chief Justice|work=Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)|date=23 September 2019|url=http://www.pina.com.fj/index.php?p=pacnews&m=read&o=18407689685d885d34b989f15f2d8c|accessdate=16 October 2019}}{{cite web|first=Samisoni |last=Pareti | work=Island Business|title= Tuvalu's new PM is Kausea Natano |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.islandsbusiness.com/breaking-news/item/2578-tuvalu-s-new-prime-minister-is-kausea-natano.html|accessdate=12 November 2019}} which met for the first time on 20 September 2019.{{cite web| work=Radio New Zealand |title= Climate advocacy, Taiwan to remain priorities for new Tuvalu government |date=23 September 2019|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399377/climate-advocacy-taiwan-to-remain-priorities-for-new-tuvalu-government|accessdate=23 September 2019}}

{{main|Sopoaga Ministry}}

{{see also|2015 Tuvaluan general election}}

On 1 August 2013, Governor-General of Tuvalu Sir Iakoba Italeli made an unprecedented use of his reserve powers in removing prime minister Willy Telavi from office and appointed opposition leader Enele Sopoaga as interim prime minister. On 4 August 2013, Sopoaga was elected as prime minister by 8 votes to 5.{{cite web | last =Matau | first =Robert | title =Enele Sopoaga sworn-in today as Tuvalu's new PM | publisher =Islands Business | date =5 August 2013 | url =http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2209/enele-sopoaga-sworn-in-today-as-tuvalus-new-pm/ | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054326/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2209/enele-sopoaga-sworn-in-today-as-tuvalus-new-pm/ | archivedate =21 September 2013}} He was sworn in and appointed his ministers to the cabinet a day later.

The 2015 Tuvaluan general election was held on 31 March. Vete Sakaio, the deputy prime minister and minister for public utilities, was not re-elected to parliament.{{cite web| work=Radio New Zealand |title= Election looks set to return Sopoaga as Tuvalu's PM|date =2 April 2015|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/270287/election-looks-set-to-return-sopoaga-as-tuvalu's-pm| accessdate=2 April 2015}}

Enele Sopoaga was sworn in as prime minister and appointed the ministers to the cabinet on 10 April.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =13 April 2015|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2327_E.htm| accessdate=14 June 2015}}{{cite web| last =Malaki | first =Semi| work= Fenui News|title= Prime Minister Hon Enele Sosene Sopoaga named his Cabinet (Election Special No. 3)|date =16 April 2015|url= https://www.facebook.com/Tuvalu.UN/photos/a.1436994153261278.1073741856.1433096496984377/1436994259927934/?type=3&permPage=1| accessdate=16 June 2015}}{{cite web| work= Fenui News|title=Cabinet of Tuvalu, 2015 |date =10 April 2015|url= https://www.facebook.com/333658940128621/photos/a.338643032963545.1073741828.333658940128621/427494284078419/?type=1&theater| accessdate=10 April 2015}}

{{see also|2010 Tuvaluan general election}}

{{Main|Telavi Ministry}}

The government led by Maatia Toafa remained in office for 3 months. In December 2010, Willy Telavi, minister for home affairs in the Toafa Ministry, crossed the floor, joined the opposition and enabled it to bring down the Toafa's government through a vote of no confidence, which was carried by eight votes to seven.{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=57819 |title=Nominations open for new Tuvalu PM |date=22 December 2010 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=22 September 2011}} On 24 December, Telavi was elected as the Prime Minister, defeating Environment Minister Enele Sopoaga (who was supported by Maatia Toafa) by another 8–7 vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=57873 |title=Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu |date=24 December 2010 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=22 September 2011}} Telavi appointed his cabinet on that same day, Christmas Eve.[http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2010/December/12-30-03.htm "New Tuvalu government sworn in"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204144357/http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2010/December/12-30-03.htm |date=4 February 2015 }}, Radio New Zealand International, 29 December 2010[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-t/tuvalu.html Tuvalu: Cabinet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528053923/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-t/tuvalu.html |date=28 May 2010 }}, Central Intelligence Agency

Isaia Italeli, minister for works and natural resources, died suddenly on 19 July 2011, while attending a regional meeting in Apia, Samoa.{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61940 |title=Samoa police rule out foul play in death of Tuvalu minister |date=21 July 2011 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=22 September 2011}} In August, his widow, Pelenike Isaia, was elected to his seat in parliament in a by-election in the constituency of Nui, thereby saving the government's parliamentary majority. She was subsequently appointed to cabinet as minister for home affairs. She is the second woman in parliament, and in cabinet, in Tuvalu's history.[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo/tuvalu/presentation-20483/article/composition-du-gouvernement-3119 "Composition du gouvernement des îles Tuvalu"], French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, 23 September 2011

On 21 December 2012, finance minister Lotoala Metia died in hospital, of unspecified causes.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=30773/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl "Tuvalu Minister dies in Suva"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105045448/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D30773/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl |date=5 January 2013 }}, Islands Business, 24 December 2012 The by-election caused by his death would decide the future of the Telavi government, reduced by his death (once again) to a parity of seven seats apiece with the opposition in parliament.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=30854/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl "Political future of Tuvalu's PM awaits decision of by-election in Nukufetau"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153341/http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D30854/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl |date=8 February 2013 }}, Islands Business, 10 January 2013 The government succeeded in postponing it until 28 June, whereupon it was won by the opposition candidate Elisala Pita, with two-thirds of the vote.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/1636/tuvalus-opposition-waiting-to-hear-from-gg/ "Tuvalu's Opposition waiting to hear from GG"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108011424/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/1636/tuvalus-opposition-waiting-to-hear-from-gg/ |date=8 January 2014 }}, Islands Business, 1 July 2013

On 30 July 2013, as the government was about to face a motion of no confidence, health minister Taom Tanukale unexpectedly resigned from Parliament (and thus also from the government) altogether. As a consequence of the death of Metia, education minister Falesa Pitoi being ill and outside the country since December 2012, and Tanukale having resigned, Telavi was left with only three active government ministers other than himself: deputy prime minister Kausea Natano, foreign affairs minister Apisai Ielemia, and home affairs minister Pelenike Isaia; he also had the support of the speaker. (There were no government backbenchers.)[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2146/tuvalu-govt-bombshells/ "Tuvalu govt bombshells"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429162109/http://islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2146/tuvalu-govt-bombshells/ |date=29 April 2014 }}, Islands Business, 30 July 2013 The following day, the reason for Tanukale's resignation became apparent. The speaker, Sir Kamuta Latasi, rejected the opposition's attempt to table a motion of no confidence, on the grounds that there was now a vacant seat in parliament. Latasi adjourned parliament, and ruled that it would not reconvene until a by-election had been held - thus prolonging Telavi's minority government once more.[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=77962 "Tuvalu in constitutional crisis, says opposition"], Radio New Zealand International, 31 July 2013 However, a day later on 1 August 2013, the governor-general and head of state, Sir Iakoba Italeli, sent out a proclamation removing Telavi from office as prime minister, and appointing opposition leader Enele Sopoaga as interim prime minister.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2183/gg-appoints-sopoaga-as-tuvalus-caretaker-pm/ "GG appoints Sopoaga as Tuvalu's caretaker PM"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010153108/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2183/gg-appoints-sopoaga-as-tuvalus-caretaker-pm/ |date=10 October 2014 }}, Islands Business, 1 August 2013 Telavi had reportedly announced his intention of removing Italeli as governor-general. Opposition spokesman Taukelina Finikaso praised Italeli for having "uph[e]ld the constitution", since Telavi had lacked a parliamentary majority with which to govern.

His cabinet lasted officially until 2 August 2013, when it was formally voted out of office by the opposition.[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=78020 "Tuvalu opposition votes out government"], Radio New Zealand International, 2 August 2013

{{Main|Second Toafa Ministry}}

This short-lived cabinet was appointed by prime minister Maatia Toafa on 29 September 2010, following the general election on 16 September. It included a number of first time MPs, who had supported Toafa in his bid for the premiership. Sopoaga's appointment as minister for foreign affairs was described as a clear sign of the importance the government placed on climate change issues within its foreign policy.{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=56147 |title=New-look government for Tuvalu |date=29 September 2010 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=22 September 2011}}[http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201009/s3025304.htm "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet"], ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010

{{see also|2006 Tuvaluan general election}}

{{main|Ielemia Ministry}}

Following the 2006 general election Apisai Ielemia was elected as prime minister.{{cite web| work=Radio New Zealand |title= Tuvalu elects Apisai Ielemia as new prime minister|date =15 August 2006|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/164041/tuvalu-elects-apisai-ielemia-as-new-prime-minister| accessdate=11 April 2015}} His cabinet consisted of the following members: Ielemia continued as prime minister until the 2010 Tuvaluan general election.

{{see also|2002 Tuvaluan general election}}

Maatia Toafa succeeded Saufatu Sopoanga as prime minister. Sopoanga resigned from parliament on 27 August 2004, after his government was deposed in a vote of no confidence. Toafa, who was deputy prime minister at the time, became acting prime minister. A by-election was held on 7 October 2004 and Saufatu Sopoanga regained his seat. Maatia Toafa was elected prime minister on 11 October 2004 with a vote of 8:7.{{cite web| work=Radio New Zealand |title= New Tuvalu leader seeks stability|date =11 October 2004|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/151106/new-tuvalu-leader-seeks-stability| accessdate=11 April 2015}}{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =2006|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_06.htm| accessdate=7 March 2013}} Toafa remained prime minister until the 2006 Tuvaluan general election.

The members of cabinet included:{{ cite journal|last= Taafaki|first= Tauaasa|title= Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, Tuvalu|url= http://archives.pireport.org/archive/2007/March/tcp-tv.htm|year= 2007|volume= 19|issue= 1|journal= The Contemporary Pacific|pages= 276–286|doi= 10.1353/cp.2007.0036|s2cid= 258059376|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172349/http://archives.pireport.org/archive/2007/march/tcp-tv.htm|archivedate= 3 March 2016|url-access= subscription}}

{{see also|2002 Tuvaluan general election}}

Following the 202 general election, on 2 August 2002 Saufatu Sopoanga, who had been minister of finance in the previous administration, was elected prime minister.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =2002|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_02.htm| accessdate=7 March 2013}} The deputy prime minister was Maatia Toafa and Bikenibeu Paeniu was the minister of finance. Sopoanga resigned from parliament on 27 August 2004, after his government was deposed in a vote of no confidence.

The members of the cabinet were:{{cite book |editor-last= Turner |editor-first=B |author-link= |date= 2004 |title= The Statesman's Yearbook 2004: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url= |location= |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |pages= |isbn= }}

{{see also|1998 Tuvaluan general election}}

Koloa Talake became prime minister on 14 December 2001, after his predecessor Faimalaga Luka had been ousted by parliament in a motion of no confidence. This was Talake's cabinet just prior to the July 2002 general election, in which Talake lost his seat in parliament:{{cite web| work= Tuvalu Online |title= Preliminary Election Results - P.M. Talake Voted Out|date = 26 July 2002|url=http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/2002/2002-07-26.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510100732/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/2002/2002-07-26.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=10 May 2006| accessdate=17 April 2015}}

Faimalaga Luka became the prime minister on 24 February 2001 until he was replaced by Koloa Talake after a vote of no confidence on 14 December 2001.

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Lagitupu Tuilimu was acting prime minister from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001. he was appointed following the death of Ionatana Ionatana on 8 December 2000. The members of the cabinet were:{{cite web| last =Clements| first =Quiton | work= UNDP |title=Tuvalu Legislative Needs Assessment|date =December 2000|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332069776/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337518629&partId=nla.obj-332125698#page/n25/mode/1up| accessdate=4 October 2021}}

Ionatana Ionatana was elected as prime minister following the resignation of Bikenibeu Paeniu following a vote of no confidence on 27 April 1999. Ionatana Ionatana died on 8 December 2000.

Lagitupu Tuilimu was appointed the minister of finance (1999–2001).{{cite web|last= |first= |work= Lagitupu Tuilimu – Independence Day Speech|title= Pacific Islands Report|date= 1 October 1999|url= http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/10/13/lagitupu-tuilimu-0|accessdate= 19 September 2021|archive-date= 21 September 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210921031829/http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/10/13/lagitupu-tuilimu-0|url-status= dead}}

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{{see also|1998 Tuvaluan general election}}

Following the 1998 general election, Bikenibeu Paeniu was re-elected prime minister on 8 April 1998;{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =1998|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_98.htm| accessdate=7 March 2013}} He appointed his cabinet on the same day.{{cite web| work=Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i at Manoa /PACNEWS/tuvaluislands.com |title= Paeniu Re-Elected Tuvalu Prime Minister |date = 8 April 1998 |url= http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/1998/1998-04-08.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060127084944/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/1998/1998-04-08.htm|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 27 January 2006| accessdate=21 April 2015}} Bikenibeu Paeniu remained as prime minister until he resigned following a vote of no confidence on 27 April 1999.

{{see also| September 1993 Tuvaluan general election|Tuvaluan general election, November 1993}}

Bikenibeu Paeniu was elected as prime minister for the second time following the resignation of Kamuta Latasi as the result of a vote of no confidence on 24 December 1996.

{{see also| September 1993 Tuvaluan general election|Tuvaluan general election, November 1993}}

The general election was held on 2 September 1993. In the subsequent parliament the members were evenly split in their support of the incumbent prime minister Bikenibeu Paeniu and the former prime minister Tomasi Puapua.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =1993|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_93.htm| accessdate=7 March 2013}}

As a consequence, the governor-general, Sir Toaripi Lauti, dissolved the parliament on 22 September and a further election took place on 25 November 1993. The subsequent parliament elected Kamuta Latasi as prime minister on 10 December 1993, with a 7:5 majority over the group a members of parliament headed by former prime minister Bikenibeu Paeniu. The deputy prime minister was Otinielu Tausi. Alesana Seluka was appointed the minister of finance (1996–1999){{cite web| work=Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i at Manoa /PACNEWS/tuvaluislands.com |title= Paeniu Re-Elected Tuvalu Prime Minister |date = 8 April 1998 |url= http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/1998/1998-04-08.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060127084944/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/1998/1998-04-08.htm|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 27 January 2006| access-date=21 April 2015}} Kamuta Latasi ceased to be the prime minister as the result of a vote of no confidence on 24 December 1996.

The members of the cabinet included:

{{see also| 1989 Tuvaluan general election}}

Following the 1989 general election Bikenibeu Paeniu was subsequently elected as prime minister, with a five-member cabinet formed on 16 October 1989.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =1989|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_89.htm| accessdate=7 March 2013}}

The members of the cabinet were:[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340376798/view?partId=nla.obj-340397700#page/n25/mode/1up/search/died Tuvalu: A new leadership] Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1989, p26

{{see also| 1985 Tuvaluan general election}}

The general election was held on 12 September 1985, with nine members re-elected including prime minister Tomasi Puapua and finance minister Henry Naisali. On 21 September, Tomasi Puapua was re-elected as prime minister; he subsequently appointed a five-member cabinet.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =1985|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/TUVALU_1985_E.PDF| accessdate=7 March 2013}}{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date= 1987 |title= The Statesman's Yearbook 1986-87: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url= |location= |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |pages= |isbn= }} Henry Naisali resigned his seat to take up the position of Secretary General of the South Pacific Forum in September 1988. Kitiseni Lopati, was appointed at the minister of finance and commerce to replaced Naisali.

The members of the cabinet were:{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date= 1989 |title= The Statesman's Yearbook 1988-97: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url= |location= |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |pages= |isbn= }}

{{see also| 1981 Tuvaluan general election}}

The first elections after independence were not held until 8 September 1981. Dr. Tomasi Puapua, was elected as prime minister with a 7:5 majority over the group a members of parliament headed by former prime minister Toaripi Lauti.{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =1981|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/TUVALU_1981_E.PDF| accessdate=7 March 2013}} Henry Naisali, former civil servant, was appointed to cabinet as minister of finance and commerce.{{cite journal |author= Goldsmith, Michael |url= http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_121_2012/Volume_121%2C_No._2/The_Colonial_and_Postcolonial_Roots_of_Ethnonationalism_in_Tuvalu%2C_by_Michael_Goldsmith%2C_p_129-150/p1?page=0&action=searchresult&target= |title= The Colonial and Postcolonial Roots of Ethnonationalism in Tuvalu |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=121|year=2012 |issue = 2|pages=129–150|doi = 10.15286/jps.121.2.129-150|doi-access= free }}

The members of the cabinet were:{{cite web| last = | first = | work= 173 Tuvalu News Sheet |title= Government of Tuvalu|date = 9 December 1982 |url= https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/56674/TNS_No173_9December1982.pdf | accessdate=19 September 2021}}{{cite web| last =| first = | work= 52(11) Pacific Islands Monthly |page=33|title= Tuvalu's turn for a change of PM |date = November 1981|url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342116375/view?partId=nla.obj-342133266#page/n32/mode/1up | accessdate=16 October 2021}}

{{see also|1977 Tuvaluan general election}}

Following the result of the 1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum, the Tuvaluan Order 1975, which took effect on 1 October 1975, recognised Tuvalu as a separate British dependency with its own government.{{cite book |first1=Tito |last1=Isala |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Larcy |title=Tuvalu: A History|year= 1983 |publisher= University of the South Pacific/Government of Tuvalu |chapter= Chapter 20: Secession and Independence}}{{rp|169}}

Elections to the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu were held on 27 August 1977; with Toaripi Lauti being appointed Chief Minister in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu on 1 October 1977. The House of Assembly was dissolved in July 1978 with the government of Toaripi Lauti continuing as a caretaker government until the 1981 elections were held. Toaripi Lauti became the first prime minister of the Parliament of Tuvalu or Palamene o Tuvalu on 1 October 1978 when Tuvalu became an independent nation.{{cite book |first1=Enele |last1=Sapoaga |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Larcy |title=Tuvalu: A History|year= 1983 |publisher= University of the South Pacific/Government of Tuvalu |pages=146–152 |chapter= Chapter 19, Post-War Development }}{{rp|153–177}}

The members of the cabinet were:{{cite news | work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=52 |issue=8 |page=31|title= Tuvalu holding its elections |date = August 1981|url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342060542/view?partId=nla.obj-342088412#page/n30/mode/1up | accessdate=16 October 2021}}

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