# Telavi Ministry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Telavi_Ministry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Telavi_Ministry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telavi_Ministry > Source revision: 1330842271 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|13th ministry of the Government of Tuvalu}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Telavi Ministry | cabinet_number = 13th | jurisdiction = Tuvalu | flag = Flag of Tuvalu.svg | incumbent = | image = Willy Telavi.jpg | date_formed = 24 December 2010 | date_dissolved = 2 August 2013 | government_head = [Willy Telavi](/source/Willy_Telavi) | deputy_government_head = [Kausea Natano](/source/Kausea_Natano) | state_head = [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II) (represented by Sir [Iakoba Italeli](/source/Iakoba_Italeli)) | current_number = | political_party = [Independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) | legislature_status = | opposition_leader = [Enele Sopoaga](/source/Enele_Sopoaga) | election = [2010](/source/2010_Tuvaluan_general_election) | legislature_term = | budget = | previous = [Second Toafa Ministry](/source/Second_Toafa_Ministry) | successor = [Sopoaga Ministry](/source/Sopoaga_Ministry) }} The '''Telavi Ministry''' was the 13th [ministry](/source/Ministry_(collective_executive)) of the Government of [Tuvalu](/source/Tuvalu), led by [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Tuvalu) [Willy Telavi](/source/Willy_Telavi). It succeeded the [Second Toafa Ministry](/source/Second_Toafa_Ministry) upon its swearing in by [Governor-General](/source/Governor-General_of_Tuvalu) [Iakoba Italeli](/source/Iakoba_Italeli) on 24 December 2010 after a [vote of no confidence](/source/vote_of_no_confidence) in former Prime Minister [Maatia Toafa](/source/Maatia_Toafa).{{cite web| last = | first = | work= Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu|title=Radio New Zealand |date =24 December 2010|url= http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=57873| accessdate=19 January 2014}}{{cite web| last = | first = | work= Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu)|title=Inter-Parliamentary Union|date =December 2010|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2327_E.htm| accessdate=19 January 2014}} Following [Telavi's removal as prime minister](/source/Tuvaluan_constitutional_crisis), his ministry was subsequently brought down by the opposition's vote of no confidence and was succeeded by the [Sopoaga Ministry](/source/Sopoaga_Ministry), led by [Enele Sopoaga](/source/Enele_Sopoaga), on 5 August 2013.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2209/enele-sopoaga-sworn-in-today-as-tuvalus-new-pm/ "ENELE SOPOAGA SWORN-IN TODAY AS TUVALU’S NEW PM"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054326/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2209/enele-sopoaga-sworn-in-today-as-tuvalus-new-pm/ |date=2013-09-21 }}, Islands Business, 5 August 2013 ==Cabinet== {| class="wikitable" |- !Officeholder !!Office(s) |- |[Willy Telavi](/source/Willy_Telavi) MP | * [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Tuvalu) * Minister for Home Affairs (until July 2011) * Minister for Works and Natural Resources (from July 2011) |- |[Kausea Natano](/source/Kausea_Natano) MP | *Deputy Prime Minister *Minister for Communications, Transport and Public Utilities |- |Dr. [Falesa Pitoi](/source/Falesa_Pitoi) MP | *Minister for Education, Youth and Sport |- |[Apisai Ielemia](/source/Apisai_Ielemia) MP | *Minister for the Environment, Foreign Affairs, Labour, Trade and Tourism |- |[Lotoala Metia](/source/Lotoala_Metia) MP | *[Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_of_Finance_of_Tuvalu) (until December 2012) |- |[Taom Tanukale](/source/Taom_Tanukale) MP | *Minister for Health (until July 2013) |- |[Isaia Italeli](/source/Isaia_Italeli) MP | *Minister for Works and Natural Resources (until July 2011) |- |[Pelenike Isaia](/source/Pelenike_Isaia) MP | *Minister for Home Affairs (from July 2011) |} ==Changes to the Ministry== ===2011 changes=== [Isaia Italeli](/source/Isaia_Italeli), Minister for Works and Natural Resources, died suddenly on 19 July 2011, while attending a regional meeting in [Apia](/source/Apia), [Samoa](/source/Samoa).{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61940 |title=Samoa police rule out foul play in death of Tuvalu minister |date=21 July 2011 |work=[Radio New Zealand International](/source/Radio_New_Zealand_International) |accessdate=22 September 2011}} In August, his widow, [Pelenike Isaia](/source/Pelenike_Isaia), was elected to his seat in Parliament in [a by-election in the constituency of Nui](/source/2011_Nui_by-election), thereby saving the government's parliamentary majority. She was subsequently appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Home Affairs. She is the second woman in Parliament, and in Cabinet, in Tuvalu's history.[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo/tuvalu/presentation-20483/article/composition-du-gouvernement-3119 "Composition du gouvernement des îles Tuvalu"], French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, 23 September 2011 Prime Minister Telavi took on the role of Minister for Works and Natural Resources. ===2012 changes=== On 21 December 2012, Finance Minister [Lotoala Metia](/source/Lotoala_Metia) died in turn, in hospital, of unspecified causes.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=30773/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl "Tuvalu Minister dies in Suva"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105045448/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D30773/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl |date=2013-01-05 }}, ''[Islands Business](/source/Islands_Business)'', 24 December 2012 As a [by-election](/source/by-election) was not called until [June 2013](/source/2013_Nukufetau_by-election), he was not replaced.[http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=30854/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl "Political future of Tuvalu’s PM awaits decision of by-election in Nukufetau"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153341/http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D30854/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl |date=2013-02-08 }}, ''[Islands Business](/source/Islands_Business)'', 10 January 2013 ===2013 changes=== Health Minister [Taom Tanukale](/source/Taom_Tanukale) resigned unexpectedly from government on 30 July, when parliament was reconvened by the governor-general.{{cite web | last =Matau | first =Robert | work =Tuvalu govt bombshells | title =Island Business | date =30 July 2013 | url =http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2146/tuvalu-govt-bombshells/ | accessdate =19 January 2014 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140429162109/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2146/tuvalu-govt-bombshells/ | archivedate =29 April 2014 }} Telavi's ministry was subsequently voted out of office three days later thus he was not replaced.{{cite web| last = | first = | work= Tuvalu opposition votes out government|title=Radio New Zealand |date =3 August 2013|url= https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/219515/tuvalu-opposition-votes-out-government| accessdate=19 January 2014}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{Tuvaluan Cabinets}} Category:2010 in Tuvalu Category:2011 in Tuvalu Category:2012 in Tuvalu Category:2013 in Tuvalu Category:Politics of Tuvalu Category:Ministries of Elizabeth II --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Telavi Ministry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telavi_Ministry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telavi_Ministry?action=history)). 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