Namoliki Sualiki Neemia 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.James Cook University He became a teacher."New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010 In 2003, he published a booklet entitled Tuvalu Technical Vocational Education and Training, with the government of Tuvalu and NZAID.National Library of Australia
Political career In 2006, he went into politics, and was elected to Parliament as MP for Nukulaelae."New members to the House of Tuvalu Parliament" , Tuvalu News, 4 August 2006 He was re-elected in the 2010 general election, and Prime Minister Maatia Toafa appointed him Minister for Education, Youth and Sport. He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.
Namoliki Sualiki was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Rural Development on 5 August 2013; and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry. He was re-elected in the 2019 general election.
No candidates contested the sitting MPs Seve Paeniu and Namoliki Sualiki in the 2024 general election, so they were automatically returned to parliament.
Honours In the 2003 New Year Honours he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), and promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours, in both cases for public and community service.
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