Prime Minister of Niue
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The prime minister of Niue (officially the premier of Niue prior to 3 September 2024)Template:Efn is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and form a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly.[1]
Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from Niue's associated statehood in 1974 until his death in 1992.
List of officeholders
- Political parties and other affiliations
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| 1 | File:No image.png | Sir Robert Rex (1909–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 October 1974 | 12 December 1992<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (1974–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1975 1978 1981 1984 |
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| style="background:Template:Party color" | | Niue People's Party (1987–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1987 1990 |
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| 2 | File:Young-Vivian-2006.jpg | Young Vivian (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 December 1992 | 9 March 1993 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Niue People's Party | – | |
| 3 | File:No image.png | Frank Lui (1935–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 March 1993 | 26 March 1999 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | 1993 1996 |
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| 4 | File:Sani LAKATANI.jpg | Sani Lakatani (born 1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 March 1999 | 1 May 2002 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Niue People's Party | 1999 | |
| (2) | File:Young-Vivian-2006.jpg | Young Vivian (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 May 2002 | 19 June 2008 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Niue People's Party (2002–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2002 | |
| style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (2003–2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2005 | |||||||
| 5 | File:Toke Talagi 2014.jpg | Sir Toke Talagi (1951–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 June 2008 | 11 June 2020 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | 2008 2011 2014 2017 |
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| 6 | File:Dalton Tagelagi.jpg | Dalton Tagelagi (born 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 June 2020 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | 2020 2023 |
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Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Niue. They are listed in order of office (Vivian is shown in order of his first premiership).
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See also
Notes
References
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