Monise Laafai | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Monise Laafai at theITU Telecom World 2016 | |
| 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 theTuvaluan Parliament forNanumaga | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Otinielu Tausi |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent |
Monise Laafai is aTuvaluan politician and businessman.
He stood forParliament for the first time at the2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency ofNanumaga.[1][2] He supportedMaatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed toCabinet, asMinister of Finance.[3][4] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by amotion 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 alsochef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the2007 Pacific Games inSamoa.[7]
On 5 August 2013 Monise Laafai was appointed Minister for Communications and Transport;[8] and served as the minister during theSopoaga Ministry.
He was re-elected in the2019 general election;[9] and again in the2024 Tuvaluan general election.[10][11]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 2010 | Succeeded by |
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