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Enele Sopoaga | |
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| Prime Minister of Tuvalu | |
| In office 1 August 2013 – 19 September 2019[a] | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors‑General |
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| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Willy Telavi |
| Succeeded by | Kausea Natano |
| Foreign Minister | |
| In office 29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Apisai Ielemia |
| Succeeded by | Apisai Ielemia |
| Member of Parliament for Nukufetau | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2010 Serving with Lotoala Metia then Elisala Pita | |
| Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations | |
| In office 3 July 2001 – 19 December 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Secretary General | Kofi Annan |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Afelee F. Pita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1956 |
| 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 Parliament elects new Prime Minister Sopoaga" Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Radio New Zealand International, 5 August 2013