Tevita Lavemaau is a Tongan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
Tevita Lavemaau | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Preceded by | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Succeeded by | Tatafu Moeaki |
| Minister for Revenue and Customs | |
| In office 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Succeeded by | Tatafu Moeaki |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 6 March 2017 – 1 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | ʻAkilisi Pōhiva |
| Preceded by | ʻAisake Eke |
| Succeeded by | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Minister for Revenue and Customs | |
| In office 30 December 2014 – 6 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sifa Tuʻutafaiva |
| Succeeded by | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Member of Parliament for ʻEua 11 | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 18 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sunia Fili |
| Succeeded by | Taniela Fusimalohi |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | None |
Lavemaau was first elected at the 2014 Tongan general election and appointed Minister of Revenue and Customs. Following the resignation of ʻAisake Eke in March 2017 he was appointed Minister of Finance.[1]
In September 2017 he and Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni were sacked for disloyalty for supporting King Tupou VI's decision to sack the Prime Minister, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.[2][3][4] He was re-elected at the 2017 election, but not reappointed to Cabinet.[5]
In 2019 following the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva he was appointed to the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa as Minister for Finance, Minister for Revenue and Customs and Minister responsible for Statistics.[6]
He lost his seat in the 2021 Tongan general election.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Tonga Finance Minister resigns". Radio New Zealand. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Lord Ma'afu Named Tonga Acting Prime Minister". Pacific Islands Report. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Tonga's Sovaleni flummoxed about sacking". RNZ. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Tonga's caretaker PM Pōhiva sacks deputy and Finance Minister". Asia-Pacific Report. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king". Asia-Pacific Report. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ ""Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet Ministers"". Government of Tonga. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Tonga elects all-male parliament with nine new People's Reps". Matangi Tonga. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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