Leneuoti Matusi

Leneuoti Matusi
MP
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nui (serving with Pelenike Isaia)
In office
10 September 2013 – 31 March 2015
Preceded byTaom Tanukale
Succeeded byMackenzie Kiritome
Puakena Boreham
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

Leneuoti Matusi is a Tuvaluan politician and former civil servant[1] who was elected as an Independent MP for the Nui constituency in a 2013 by-election, having previously served as the Secretary of the Nui Falekaupule.[2]

Matusi gained 297 votes out of 778 to gain the seat from the former sitting member Taom Tanukale who polled just 160 votes after resigning from Parliament on 30 July 2013 following the constitutional crisis.[2] He will represent Nui alongside Pelenike Tekinene Isaia, who is the island's only female MP.[2]

A week after the by-election, Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga announced that Matusi had joined the government's side, helping to boost their members to nine.[3]

Matusi was not re-elected to parliament in the 2015 Tuvaluan general election.[4]

  1. ^ "Tuvalu voters toss out cabinet minister who forced a by-election". Radio New Zealand International. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "New MP elected in Tuvalu". Islands Business from Radio Tuvalu. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ "New Tuvalu Govt to release road map for first 100 days in power". Radio New Zealand International. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Election looks set to return Sopoaga as Tuvalu's PM". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.