Timi Melei
Timi Melei is a Tuvaluan politician and Cabinet Minister.
Timi Melei | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Education, Youth & Sports | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Kausea Natano |
| Preceded by | Fauoa Maani |
| Member of the Tuvalu Parliament for Nanumea | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2019 | |
Melei worked as an officer of the Tuvalu Police Force.[1] He did not attend secondary school as a teenager, but returned at age eighteen to learn English.[1] He later studied at Victoria University of Wellington in new Zealand, graduating in 2016 with a Masters in Criminology.[1] He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu at the 2019 Tuvaluan general election,[2] and appointed Minister for Education, Youth & Sports in the cabinet of Kausea Natano.[3]
References
- "Graduate fulfils his mother's wish". Victoria University of Wellington. 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- "Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament". RNZ. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- "About Us". Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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