Saloa Tauia

Saloa Tauia (? - February 2003) was a Tuvaluan politician who served as Speaker of Parliament from August 2002 until his death in February 2003.[1]

Saloa Tauia
MP
Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu
In office
August 2002 – February 2003
Prime MinisterSaufatu Sopoanga
Preceded byTomu Sione
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Niutao
In office
25 July 2002 – February 2003
Personal details
DiedFebruary 2003
Political partyIndependent

Saloa Tauia had earlier served as the Chief of Police & Chief Immigration Officer.[2] 1990 marked Tauia’s 33 year as a police officer.[3] Tauia was appointed as an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1990 for public service.[4] He also serviced as Crown Counsel and as a Magistrate.[5]

He was elected to Parliament in the July 2002 general election to represent Niutao.[1] He was appointed as the speaker. He died in February 2003.[1][6]

References
  1. Paulson Panapa & Jon Fraenkel (2008). "The Loneliness of the Pro-Government Backbencher and the Precariousness of Simple Majority Rule in Tuvalu" (PDF). Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. Munro, D. (1996). "Samoan Pastors in Tuvalu, 1865–1899". In D. Munro & A. Thornley (ed.). The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific. Suva, Fiji, Pacific Theological College and the University of the South Pacific. p. 245. ISBN 9820201268.
  3. "South Pacific islanders wonder about the future". AP. 6 September 1990. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). UK Government. 15 June 1990. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. "Tuvalu Island Courts Bench Book" (PDF). e Pacific Judicial Education Programme, in collaboration with the Tuvalu National Judicial Education Committee. June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. Turner, B, ed. (2004). The Statesman's Yearbook 2004: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Palgrave Macmillan.
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