Sonya Talagi | |
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Minister for Education and Social Services | |
Assumed office 12 May 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
Preceded by | Sauni Tongatule |
Member of the
Niuean Parliament for Common Roll | |
Assumed office 29 April 2023 | |
Sonya Talagi is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister. She is the daughter of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi. [1]
Talagi was a public servant, working as Director of Transport for the Niuean Government. [2] She was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2023 Niuean general election. While initial results showed her drawing with Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai for the last place on the common roll, [3] [4] final results gave her a two-vote lead. [2]
On 12 May 2023 she was appointed to the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi as Minister for Education and Social Services. [5] [6]