# Billy Talagi

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{{short description|Niuean politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix  =
| name              = Billy Talagi
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| image             = Billy Talagi 2017 (3x4 crop).jpg
| caption           = Billy Talagi in 2017
| office            = [Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_Niue_Assembly) of the [Niue Assembly](/source/Niue_Assembly) 
| deputy            = 
| term_start        = 13 May 2026
| term_end          = 
| predecessor       = [Hima Douglas](/source/Hima_Douglas)
| successor         = 
| office2           = Minister for Education and Social Services
| prime_minister2   = [Toke Talagi](/source/Toke_Talagi)
| term_start2       = 6 May 2017
| term_end2         = 30 May 2020
| predecessor2      = [Pokotoa Sipeli](/source/Pokotoa_Sipeli)
| successor2        = [Sauni Tongatule](/source/Sauni_Tongatule)
| office3           = Minister of Natural Resources
| term_start3       = 30 April 2014
| term_end3         = 6 May 2017
| prime_minister3   = 
| predecessor3      = 
| successor3        = [Dalton Tagelagi](/source/Dalton_Tagelagi)
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| leader4           = 
| term_start4       = 
| term_end4         = 
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| successor4        = 
| constituency_MP10 = Common Roll
| parliament10      = Niuean
| term_start10      = 29 April 2023
| term_end10        = 12 May 2026
| predecessor10     = 
| successor10       = 
| constituency_MP11 = [Avatele](/source/Avatele)
| parliament11      = Niuean
| term_start11      = 19 March 1999
| term_end11        = 30 May 2020
| predecessor11     = [Aokuso Pavihi](/source/Aokuso_Pavihi)
| successor11       = [Poimamao Vakanofisi](/source/Poimamao_Vakanofisi)
| majority11        = 
| constituency_MP12 = Common Roll
| parliament12      = Niuean
| term_start12      = 15 February 1997
| term_end12        = 19 March 1999
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| party             = None
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| website           =  
}}
'''Billy Graham Talagi''' is a [Niue](/source/Niue)an politician, former member of the [Niue Assembly](/source/Niue_Assembly), and current [speaker of the Niue Assembly](/source/speaker_of_the_Niue_Assembly).<ref name="NewAssembly1" /><ref name="RNZCloseVote" /> He is the brother of former [Premier of Niue](/source/Premier_of_Niue) [Toke Talagi](/source/Toke_Talagi).<ref name="rnz1"/>

==Career==
Talagi was first elected to the Niue Assembly in a [1997 by-election](/source/1997_Niue_Common_Roll_by-election).<ref name="tcp97">{{cite journal |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13211/v10n1-216-222-politicalrev.pdf |title=Niue in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 |author=Stephen Levine |work=The Contemporary Pacific |volume=10 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1998 |pages=216–22 |accessdate=26 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629045246/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13211/v10n1-216-222-politicalrev.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has represented the village of [Avatele](/source/Avatele) in the Niue Assembly continuously since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/03/22/niue-premier-frank-lui-loses-assembly-seat |title=NIUE PREMIER FRANK LUI LOSES ASSEMBLY SEAT |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=22 March 1999 |accessdate=25 June 2020 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628033821/http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/03/22/niue-premier-frank-lui-loses-assembly-seat |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13513/v12n1-231-236-politicalrev.pdf |title=Political Review: Niue |author=Stephen Levine |work=The Contemporary Pacific |volume=12 |issue=1 |date=Spring 2000 |pages=231–236 |access-date=2020-06-25 |archive-date=2022-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512043807/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13513/v12n1-231-236-politicalrev.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In [2005](/source/2005_Niuean_general_election), [2008](/source/2008_Niuean_general_election), and [2014](/source/2014_Niuean_general_election) he was elected unopposed. In 2014 he was made Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of [Toke Talagi](/source/Toke_Talagi).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Premier%20Talagi%20Press%20Releases/Press%20Release%20-Cabinet%20Ministers%20new%20Portfolios.pdf |title=GOVERNMENT OF NIUE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER |publisher=Gov.nu |accessdate=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009232649/http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Premier%20Talagi%20Press%20Releases/Press%20Release%20-Cabinet%20Ministers%20new%20Portfolios.pdf |archivedate=9 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pacificguardians.org/blog/2014/04/30/premier-toke-talagi-announces-niue-govt-and-cabinet-portfolios/ |title=Premier Toke Talagi announces Niue Govt and cabinet portfolios |author=Lealaiauloto Aigaletaulealea Tauafiafi |publisher=Pacific Guardians |date=30 April 2014 |accessdate=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120249/http://pacificguardians.org/blog/2014/04/30/premier-toke-talagi-announces-niue-govt-and-cabinet-portfolios/ |archive-date=19 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017 he was made Minister for Education and Social Services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.nu/wb/pages/parliament/cabinet.php |title=Cabinet Ministers and Portfolios |publisher=Government of Niue |date= |accessdate=11 June 2020 |url-status= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307113304/http://www.gov.nu/wb/pages/parliament/cabinet.php |archivedate=7 March 2020}}</ref> In 2019 he served as Acting Prime Minister while Toke Talagi was receiving medical treatment in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).<ref name="rnz1">{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/398214/growing-concern-in-niue-over-premier-s-absence-opposition-mp |title=Growing concern in Niue over premier's absence - opposition MP |publisher=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |date=6 September 2019 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399420/niue-s-premier-returns-to-island-but-not-to-office |title=Niue's Premier returns to island but not to office |publisher=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |date=23 September 2019 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref>

In May 2018 Talagi was discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting MP [Terry Coe](/source/Terry_Coe) outside the Niuean Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/357316/niue-minister-admits-guilt-on-assault-discharged |title=Niue minister admits guilt on assault, discharged |publisher=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |date=14 May 2018 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref>

He contested the common roll in the [2020 Niuean general election](/source/2020_Niuean_general_election) but failed to win a seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pmn.co.nz/articles/niue-mps-set-to-elect-new-premier-to-replace-sir-toke-talagi |title=Niue: MPs set to elect new Premier to replace Sir Toke Talagi |publisher=PMN News |date=9 June 2020 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [2023 election](/source/2023_Niuean_general_election).<ref name=RNZ2023b>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489170/son-of-former-niue-premier-among-six-newcomers-to-parliament |title=Son of former Niue Premier among six newcomers to Parliament |publisher=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |date=3 May 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> After Talagi lost his common roll seat in the [2026 election](/source/2026_Niuean_general_election), he would be elected as [speaker of the Niue Assembly](/source/speaker_of_the_Niue_Assembly) in a 12–8 vote over [Togia Sioneholo](/source/Togia_Sioneholo).<ref name="NewAssembly1">{{Cite news |title=Tagelagi secures third term as Niue PM after tight Assembly vote |url=https://pmn.co.nz/read/election/tagelagi-secures-third-term-as-niue-pm-after-tightly-split-assembly-vote |date=14 May 2026 |access-date=14 May 2026 |work=Pacific Media Network |first=Renate |last=Rivers |lang=en |url-status=live |archive-date=14 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514150400/https://pmn.co.nz/read/election/tagelagi-secures-third-term-as-niue-pm-after-tightly-split-assembly-vote |quote=Earlier, MPs elected Billy Talagi as Speaker of the Assembly in a 12–8 vote over Togia Sioneholo. Talagi lost his electorate seat in the 2 May general election but returns to a senior parliamentary role.}}</ref><ref name="RNZCloseVote">{{Cite news |title=Close vote sees Niue's Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific_niue/595294/close-vote-sees-niue-s-dalton-tagelagi-back-in-as-prime-minister |date=14 May 2026 |access-date=14 May 2026 |work=RNZ |lang=en |first=Christina |last=Persico |quote=The 19th Niue Assembly was officially sworn in on Wednesday local time. Billy Talagi was sworn in as the new Speaker of Parliament. |url-status=live |archive-date=14 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514231202/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific_niue/595294/close-vote-sees-niue-s-dalton-tagelagi-back-in-as-prime-minister}}</ref>

==References==
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