Monise Laafai | |
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Minister for Communications and Transport | |
In office 5 August 2013 – 19 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Enele Sopoaga |
Preceded by | Kausea Natano |
Succeeded by | Simon Kofe |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Maatia Toafa |
Preceded by | Lotoala Metia |
Succeeded by | Lotoala Metia |
Member of the
Tuvaluan Parliament for Nanumaga | |
Assumed office 16 September 2010 | |
Preceded by | Otinielu Tausi |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Monise Laafai is a Tuvaluan politician and businessman.
He stood for Parliament for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency of Nanumaga. [1] [2] He supported Maatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet, as Minister of Finance. [3] [4] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence. [5]
Laafai is also General Manager of the Tuvalu Co-operative Society, [6] a position he has held since the late 1990s. He was also chef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa. [7]
On 5 August 2013 Monise Laafai was appointed Minister for Communications and Transport; [8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.
He was re-elected in the 2019 general election; [9] and again in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election. [10] [11]