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{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix= {{lang|tkl|Faipule}}
|name= Pio Iosefo Tuia
|image= 
|order= 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th & 16th
|office= Head of Government of Tokelau{{!}}Ulu-o-Tokelau
|term_start= 23 February 2008
|term_end= 21 February 2009
|predecessor= [[Kuresa Nasau]]
|successor= [[Foua Toloa]]
|term_start1= February 2005
|term_end1= February 2006
|successor1= [[Kolouei O'Brien]]
|predecessor1= [[Patuki Isaako]]
|term_start2= February 2002
|term_end2= February 2003
|successor2= Kolouei O'Brien
|predecessor2= Kuresa Nasau
|term_start3= February 1999
|term_end3= February 2000
|successor3= Kolouei O'Brien
|predecessor3= Kuresa Nasau
|term_start4= February 1996
|term_end4= February 1997
|successor4= [[Falima Teao]]
|predecessor4= [[Lepaio Simi]]
}}
{{Politics of Tokelau}}
'''Pio Iosefo Tuia''' {{postnominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born 1943<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Tokelau.html Worldstatemen.org]</ref>) has been {{lang|tkl|Ulu o Tokelau}}, [[Heads of Government of Tokelau|head of government]] of [[Tokelau]], six times. The position of ulu rotates annually between the three {{lang|tkl|faipule}} (one for each of the three atolls), who are elected for terms lasting three years.  Tuia served as ''ulu'' for the sixth time in February 2011. He was also the faipule of [[Nukunonu]] and a member of the [[Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau]].<ref>[http://www.tokelau.org.nz/Tokelau+Government.html Government of Tokelau]</ref>

It was under Tuia's leadership that Tokelau became, in November 2011, a founding member of the [[Polynesian Leaders Group]], a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment.<ref>[http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2011/09/nz-may-be-invited-to-join-proposed-polynesian-triangle-ginger-group/ "NZ may be invited to join proposed ‘Polynesian Triangle’ ginger group"], Pacific Scoop, 19 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=64516 "New Polynesian Leaders Group formed in Samoa"], Radio New Zealand International, 18 November 2011</ref><ref name="Savali">{{cite news |title=American Samoa joins Polynesian Leaders Group, MOU signed |url=https://www.samoanews.com/american-samoa-joins-poly-leaders-group-mou-signed |accessdate=30 July 2020 |work=Samoa News |agency=Savalii |date=20 November 2011}}</ref>

Tuia's five terms:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Bulletin/march+2021/Ulu+o+Tokelau+pays+special+tribute+to+Samoa+for+Tokelau+repatriation.html |title=Ulu o Tokelau pays special tribute to Samoa for Tokelau repatriation |publisher=Government of Tokelau |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref>
*February 1996 – February 1997
*February 1999 – February 2000
*February 2002 – February 2003
*February 2005 – February 2006
*February 2008 – 21 February 2009

In the [[2006 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2006 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Tuia was appointed an [[Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to the Tokelau Islands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2006 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2006 |date=5 June 2006 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>

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==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100413000553/http://www.tokelau.org.nz/Government/governance.htm Governance of Tokelau 2008]

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Heads of Government of Tokelau]]
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of Tokelau]]
[[Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit]]
[[Category:People from Nukunonu]]


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