Bikenibeu Paeniu Ionatana Ionatana Lagitupu Tuilimu Faimalaga Luka Koloa Talake
Preceded by
Tomasi Puapua
Succeeded by
Saloa Tauia
Personal details
Born
(1941-11-17)17 November 1941
Died
April 2016 (aged 74)
Sir Tomu Malaefone Sione, GCMG, OBE (17 November 1941 – April 2016[1][2]), was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He worked as a journalist from 1962 to 1968, and held the post of radio announcer in the Broadcasting and Information Department of the administration of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (GEIC).[3] He was the head of the southern Niutao clan. He was married to Segali.[4]
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^Corlew, Laura (2012). "The cultural impacts of climate change: sense of place and sense of community in Tuvalu, a country threatened by sea level rise" (PDF). Ph D dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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