Premier of Niue

The Premier of Niue is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly.[1]

Premier of Niue
Flag of Niue
Incumbent
Dalton Tagelagi
since 11 June 2020
TypeHead of government
Member ofCabinet of Niue,
Assembly
SeatAlofi
AppointerKing's Representative to Niue
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Constituting instrumentNiue Constitution Act
PrecursorLeader of Government Business
Formation19 October 1974
First holderSir Robert Rex
Websiteniuepremierofficial.com
Politics of Niue
Dalton Tagelagi
Speaker: Hima Douglas

Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from Niue's independence in 1974 until his death in 1992.

List of officeholders
Key

  Niue People's Party   Independent

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office Political party Elected Ref.
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 3 years, 136 days Independent 2020 2023 [3]

See also

References
  1. Hannum, Hurst (29 March 1993). Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 403. ISBN 079231977X. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Niue Has New Premier". Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. "Dalton Tagelagi voted in as new Premier of Niue". RNZ. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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