Tomu Sione

The Right Honourable
Sir Tomu Sione
GCMG OBE
4th Governor-General of Tuvalu
In office
1 December 1993 – 21 June 1994
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterBikenibeu Paeniu
Kamuta Latasi
Preceded bySir Toaripi Lauti
Succeeded bySir Tulaga Manuella
5th Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu
In office
1998–2002
Prime MinisterBikenibeu Paeniu
Ionatana Ionatana
Lagitupu Tuilimu
Faimalaga Luka
Koloa Talake
Preceded byTomasi Puapua
Succeeded bySaloa Tauia
Personal details
Born(1941-11-17)17 November 1941
DiedApril 2016 (aged 74)

Sir Tomu Malaefone Sione, GCMG, OBE (17 November 1941 – April 2016[1][2]), was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He worked as a journalist from 1962 to 1968, and held the post of radio announcer in the Broadcasting and Information Department of the administration of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (GEIC).[3] He was the head of the southern Niutao clan. He was married to Segali.[4]

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  3. ^ Taafaki, Tauaasa (1996). "South Pacific – Governance in the Pacific: the dismissal of Tuvalu's Governor-General" (PDF). Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU (No 96/5). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ Corlew, Laura (2012). "The cultural impacts of climate change: sense of place and sense of community in Tuvalu, a country threatened by sea level rise" (PDF). Ph D dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 11 September 2016.