Namoliki Sualiki Neemia, MBE & OBE, generally referred to as Namoliki Sualiki, is a Tuvaluan politician.

Education and career as a teacher

He obtained a Master of Education degree at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, in 1994. His thesis, entitled "Learning for life: up to and beyond the year 2000", explored the social aspects of education and education planning in Tuvalu.^[1] He became a teacher.^[2] In 2003, he published a booklet entitled Tuvalu Technical Vocational Education and Training, with the government of Tuvalu and NZAID.^[3]

Political career

In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae.^[4] He was re-elected in the 2010 general election,^[5] and Prime Minister Maatia Toafa appointed him Minister for Education, Youth and Sport.^[2] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.^[6]

Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013;^[7] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election.^[8]

No candidates contested the sitting MPs Seve Paeniu and Namoliki Sualiki in the 2024 general election, so they were automatically returned to parliament.^[9][10]

Honours

In 2003 he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for public and community service.^[11]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.^[12]

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