Feleti Teo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Teo in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14th Prime Minister of Tuvalu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 26 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Charles III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor General | Sir Tofiga Vaevalu Falani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Panapasi Nelesoni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kausea Natano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Niutao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 26 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Samuelu Teo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Feleti Penitala Teo 9 October 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Tausaga Teo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Samuelu Teo (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury Australian National University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feleti Penitala Teo OBE MP (born 9 October 1962) is a Tuvaluan politician and lawyer who is serving as the 14th prime minister of Tuvalu since 2024. He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election, with his previous role being the executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).[2][3]
Teo was appointed as prime minister on 26 February 2024, after he was elected unopposed by the parliament.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
He is the son of Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo who was appointed as the first Governor General of Tuvalu (1978–1986) following independence from the United Kingdom.[10]
He has held a number of senior executive positions in multi-national organisations in the Oceania region. In 2008, he served as the acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.[11] Teo has also served as the Director General of the Forum Fishery Agency (2000–2006). In December 2014 at the 11th regular session of the WCPFC in Apia, Samoa, he was appointed the executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), and he continued in that role until December 2022.[12]
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- ^ "Feleti Teo named as new Tuvalu prime minister". National Indigenous Times. Australian Associated Press. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ McGuirk, Rod; Lavalette, Tristan (25 February 2024). "Feleti Teo is named Tuvalu's new prime minister after elections that ousted Taiwan supporter". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Feleti Teo elected new Tuvalu PM unopposed". Radio New Zealand. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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- ^ "Tuvalu Elects 12 Members of Parliament". East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai'i at Manoa/PACNEWS. 27 March 1998. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Feleti Te'o of Tuvalu appointed Forum deputy secretary". Radio New Zealand. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Ligaiula, Pita (29 November 2022). "WCPFC executive director Feleti Teo steps down in 2023". wwfpacific.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.