Enele Sopoaga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Enele Sopoaga

Tuvaluan politician and diplomat

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Nukufetau, Tuvalu

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Tuvalu

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Enele Sopoaga

  • Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC (born 10 February 1956) is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019. Sopoaga was elected to Parliament in the 2010 general election.
  • He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Environment and Labour in Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's short-lived government from September to December 2010.
  • Following an unsuccessful bid for the premiership in December 2010 (with Toafa's support), he became leader of the Opposition to prime minister Willy Telavi's government.
  • He became caretaker prime minister on 1 August 2013 following Telavi's removal by the Governor General, in the context of a political crisis.
  • A day later, on 2 August 2013, the opposition successfully voted out Telavi's government in a no confidence vote.
  • Following this, a ballot was held to elect the new prime minister of Tuvalu and Sopoaga won with 8 votes to 4.
  • He was sworn in on 5 August 2013, and created his ministry the same day.

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