Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations
In office 3 July 2001 – 19 December 2006
Prime Minister
Faimalaga Luka
Koloa Talake
Saufatu Sopoanga
Maatia Toafa
Apisai Ielemia
Secretary General
Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Afelee F. Pita
Personal details
Born
(1956-02-10) 10 February 1956 (age 68)
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Salilo Enele[1]
Alma mater
University of Oxford certificate University of Sussex
Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC (born 10 February 1956) is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019.
Sopoaga was elected to Parliament in the 2010 general election. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Environment and Labour in Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's short-lived government from September to December 2010. Following an unsuccessful bid for the premiership in December 2010 (with Toafa's support), he became leader of the Opposition to prime minister Willy Telavi's government.[2] He became caretaker prime minister on 1 August 2013 following Telavi's removal by the Governor General, in the context of a political crisis.[3] A day later, on 2 August 2013, the opposition successfully voted out Telavi's government in a no confidence vote.[4] Following this, a ballot was held to elect the new prime minister of Tuvalu and Sopoaga won with 8 votes to 4. He was sworn in on 5 August 2013, and created his ministry the same day.[5]
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^Johanson, Michael (22 March 2016). "Tuvalu Prime Minister visits BYU–Hawaii". BYU–Hawaii. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^"Tuvalu needs sustainable agriculture to cut import bill – Sopoanga", ABC Radio Australia, 18 May 2011
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^"Tuvalu opposition votes out government", Radio New Zealand International, 2 August 2013
^"Tuvalu Parliament elects new Prime Minister Sopoaga" Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Radio New Zealand International, 5 August 2013
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parliamentary majority consisting of 10 MPs. He thus replaced incumbent EneleSopoaga, who had been holding the position for the past six years and was seeking...
December 2015. Sopoaga, Enele S. (30 November 2015). "Keynote statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the Honourable Enele S. Sopoaga, at the leaders...
in 2010, the prime minister also had the role of foreign minister. EneleSopoaga was the foreign minister in the short-lived Second Toafa Ministry. In...
exercise his reserve powers to order Mr Telavi's removal and appoint EneleSopoaga as interim prime minister. The Governor General also ordered that Parliament...
from office and appointed opposition leader EneleSopoaga as interim prime minister. On 4 August 2013, Sopoaga was elected as prime minister by 8 votes to...
islands had grown in area, with an overall increase of more than 2%. EneleSopoaga, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu at the time, responded to the research...
eight for the motion, four against. On 4 August the parliament elected EneleSopoaga as Prime Minister. Parliament was dissolved on 13 August 2010, and registration...
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opposition's vote of no confidence and was succeeded by the Sopoaga Ministry, led by EneleSopoaga, on 5 August 2013. Isaia Italeli, Minister for Works and...
Tuvalu. Prime Minister EneleSopoaga as Minister for Public Utilities and Infrastructures launched TASTTI on 20 December 2017. Sopoaga described TASTTI as...
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Telavi as Prime Minister of Tuvalu and appointed the opposition leader EneleSopoaga as Tuvalu's caretaker prime minister. A day later, on 2 August 2013...
does not result in additional habitable land. but as of March 2018 EneleSopoaga, the prime minister of Tuvalu, stated that Tuvalu is not expanding and...
root crop), pigs, breadfruit, brown coconuts and germinating nuts. EneleSopoaga and Panapasi Nelesoni were re-elected in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election...
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