Mona Ainuu

Mona Ainu'u
Mona Ainu’u in 2017
Minister of Natural Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2020
Prime MinisterDalton Tagelagi
Preceded byDalton Tagelagi
Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources
In office
May 2017 – 11 June 2020
Prime MinisterToke Talagi
MinisterDalton Tagelagi
Preceded byHalene Magatogia
Member of Parliament
for Tuapa
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2017
Preceded byFisa Igilisi Pihigia
Personal details
NationalityNiuean
Political partyNone
OccupationJournalist
Politician

Mona Ainuu is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister.

Prior to entering politics, Ainuu was a journalist with the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue and a Public Relations and Media Officer with the Niuean government.[1][2] She was also the president of the Niue Island Volleyball Association and a founding member of the Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists.[3][4]

Ainu'u was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2017 Niuean general election, representing the Tuapa constituency.[5] She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources.[6] On 11 June Ainu'u was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi.[7]

She was re-elected unopposed at the 2023 election,[8] and reappointed to Tagelagi's cabinet holding the same portfolios.[9] [10]

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  2. ^ "First of its kind for Pacific Island emergency response". Pacific Community. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ "NIU - NIUE ISLAND VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION". International Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ^ "PADJ News: Mona Ainuu awarded SPREP Fellowship". Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Few new faces in Niue parliament". Radio New Zealand. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ "THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT - CABINET MINISTERS & PORTFOLIOS". Government of Niue. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. ^ "New Cabinet Line-up!". Talaniue. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ Esther Pavihi (14 April 2023). "List of candidates for the 2023 General Elections released; Tagelagi duly elected with 5 others". TV Niue. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Dalton Tagelagi forms Niue's first gender-balanced Cabinet". RNZ. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  10. ^ Esther Pavihi (12 May 2023). "Premier Tagelagi announce first gender- balanced Cabinet". TV Niue. Retrieved 15 May 2023.