Prime Minister of Niue
Prime Minister of Niue | |
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since 11 June 2020 | |
Type | Head of government |
Member of | Cabinet of Niue, Assembly |
Seat | Alofi |
Appointer | King's Representative to Niue |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | Niue Constitution Act |
Precursor | Leader of Government Business |
Formation | 19 October 1974 |
First holder | Sir Robert Rex |
Website | niuepremierofficial |
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The prime minister of Niue (officially the premier of Niue prior to 3 September 2024)[a] is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and form a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly.[1]
Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from Niue's associated statehood in 1974 until his death in 1992.
List of officeholders
[edit]- Key
Niue People's Party Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Sir Robert Rex (1909–1992) | 19 October 1974 | 12 December 1992 † | 18 years, 54 days | Independent (1974–87) | 1975 1978 1981 1984 | |||
Niue People's Party (1987–92) | 1987 1990 | ||||||||
2 | Young Vivian (born 1935) | 12 December 1992 | 9 March 1993 | 87 days | Niue People's Party | – | |||
3 | Frank Lui (1935–2021) | 9 March 1993 | 26 March 1999 | 6 years, 17 days | Independent | 1993 1996 | |||
4 | Sani Lakatani (born 1936) | 26 March 1999 | 1 May 2002 | 3 years, 36 days | Niue People's Party | 1999 | |||
(2) | Young Vivian (born 1935) | 1 May 2002 | 19 June 2008 | 6 years, 49 days | Niue People's Party (2002–03) | 2002 | |||
Independent (2003–08) | 2005 | ||||||||
5 | Sir Toke Talagi (1951–2020) | 19 June 2008 | 11 June 2020 | 11 years, 358 days | Independent | 2008 2011 2014 2017 | [2] | ||
6 | Dalton Tagelagi (born 1968) | 11 June 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 155 days | Independent | 2020 | [3] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The prime minister is still referred to as the premier in most governmental pages and entities, and retains the title as an alternate, transitional, or quasi-official name despite the recent referendum.
References
[edit]- ^ Hannum, Hurst (29 March 1993). Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 403. ISBN 079231977X. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Niue Has New Premier". Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Dalton Tagelagi voted in as new Premier of Niue". RNZ. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.