Lagitupu Tuilimu
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|office1 = Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Acting
|term_start1 = 8 December 2000
|term_end1 = 24 February 2001
|monarch1 = Elizabeth II
|governor-general1 = Sir Tomasi Puapua
|predecessor1 = Ionatana Ionatana
|successor1 = Faimalaga Luka
|office2 = Minister of Finance of Tuvalu
|predecessor2 = Alesana Seluka
|successor2 = Saufatu Sopoanga
|term_start2 = 27 April 1999
|term_end2 = 14 December 2001
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|profession = Politician
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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, and foreign minister, from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001 following the death of incumbent Ionatana Ionatana.{{cite web| title = Tuvalu: Year in Review 2001 | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica| date =2001|url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/760339/Tuvalu-Year-In-Review-2001| access-date=20 March 2003}}{{cite book|last1= Lansford|first1=Tom|title= Political Handbook of the World 2015|year= 2015 |publisher= CQ Press}}
Early political career
He became deputy prime minister and minister of finance in April 1999,{{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}} 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,{{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}} until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001. His assumption of this office came because he had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu on the death of Ionatana. This was the first time that a sitting Prime Minister of Tuvalu had died in office.
Honours
Tuilimu was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for public and community service.{{londongazette|date=31 December 2001|supp=6|issue=56435|page=37}}
See also
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References
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