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Vete Sakaio
Deputy Prime Minister of Tuvalu
In office
5 August 2013 – 10 April 2015
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byKausea Natano
Succeeded byMaatia Toafa
Minister of Public Utilities
In office
5 August 2013 – 10 April 2015
Prime MinisterEnele Sopoaga
Preceded byKausea Natano
Succeeded byEnele Sopoaga
Minister of Works and Natural Resources
In office
29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010
Prime MinisterMaatia Toafa
Preceded byTavau Teii
Succeeded byIsaia Italeli
Member of Parliament
In office
16 September 2010 – 31 March 2015
Served with Fauoa Maani
Preceded byTavau Teii
Tomu Sione
Succeeded byFauoa Maani
Samuelu Teo
ConstituencyNiutao
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

Vete Sakaio OBE is a Tuvaluan politician.

Acivil engineer by trade,[1][2] he was described in 2008 as a "leader of the community" on his home island of Niutao.[3] He is also the Vice President of the Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee,[4] and a leading member of the Tuvalu Amateur Sports Association.[5]

In 2010, he went into politics, standing for Parliament in the general election. He was elected MP for Niutao.[6][7][8] Following the election, he was appointed as Minister for Works and Natural Resources in Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's Cabinet.[9][10] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.[11]

Vete Sakaio was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities on 5 August 2013 following Enele Sopoaga becoming prime minister.[12]

On 28 September 2013, Vete Sakaio concluded his speech to the General Debate of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly with an appeal to the world, "please save Tuvalu against climate change. Save Tuvalu in order to save yourself, the world".[13]

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Sakaio was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[14]

Vete Sakaio was not re-elected in the 2015 Tuvaluan general election.[15]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ "TMTI Upgrading" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tuvalu News, 4 January 2007
  • ^ "Taiwan Indigenous Television Reporters Visited Tuvalu", Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 3 April 2008
  • ^ Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
  • ^ Tuvalu Association of NGOs
  • ^ "Current Members (including Ministers and Private Members)". The Parliament of Tuvalu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  • ^ "Tuvalu Election Results", Tuvalu News, 16 September 2010
  • ^ "Tuvalu to form new government early next week", Pacific Islands News Association, 21 September 2010
  • ^ "New-look government for Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  • ^ "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
  • ^ "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  • ^ "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu's New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  • ^ "Statement Presented by Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Vete Palakua Sakaio". 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – General Debate. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  • ^ "No. 61096". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N53.
  • ^ "Election looks set to return Sopoaga as Tuvalu's PM". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

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