The premier of Niue is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly.[1]
Premier of Niue | |
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since 11 June 2020 | |
Type | Head of government |
Member of | Cabinet of Niue, Assembly |
Seat | Alofi |
Appointer | King's Representative to Niue |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | Niue Constitution Act |
Precursor | Leader of Government Business |
Formation | 19 October 1974 |
First holder | Sir Robert Rex |
Website | niuepremierofficial |
Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from Niue's associated statehood in 1974 until his death in 1992.
List of officeholders
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Niue People's Party Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Sir Robert Rex (1909–1992) |
19 October 1974 | 12 December 1992 † | 18 years, 54 days | Independent (1974–87) |
1975 1978 1981 1984 |
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Niue People's Party (1987–92) |
1987 1990 |
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2 | Young Vivian (born 1935) |
12 December 1992 | 9 March 1993 | 87 days | Niue People's Party | – | |||
3 | Frank Lui (1935–2021) |
9 March 1993 | 26 March 1999 | 6 years, 17 days | Independent | 1993 1996 |
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4 | Sani Lakatani (born 1936) |
26 March 1999 | 1 May 2002 | 3 years, 36 days | Niue People's Party | 1999 | |||
(2) | Young Vivian (born 1935) |
1 May 2002 | 19 June 2008 | 6 years, 49 days | Niue People's Party (2002–03) |
2002 | |||
Independent (2003–08) |
2005 | ||||||||
5 | Sir Toke Talagi (1951–2020) |
19 June 2008 | 11 June 2020 | 11 years, 358 days | Independent | 2008 2011 2014 2017 |
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6 | Dalton Tagelagi (born 1968) |
11 June 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 67 days | Independent | 2020 2023 | [3] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hannum, Hurst (29 March 1993). Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 403. ISBN 079231977X. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Niue Has New Premier". Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Dalton Tagelagi voted in as new Premier of Niue". RNZ. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.