Prime Minister of Niue
| Prime Minister of Niue | |
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| Type | Head of government |
| Member of | Cabinet of Niue, Assembly |
| Seat | Alofi |
| Appointer | King's Representative to Niue |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Constituting instrument | Niue Constitution Act |
| Precursor | Leader of Government Business |
| Formation | 19 October 1974 |
| First holder | Sir Robert Rex |
| Deputy | Member Assisting the Prime Minister |
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The prime minister of Niue (officially the premier of Niue prior to 3 September 2024)[a] 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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Cabinet(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 |  |
Sir Robert Rex (1909–1992) |
19 October 1974 | 12 December 1992 # | 18 years, 54 days | Independent (1974–1987) |
1975 | Rex | ||
| 1978 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||
| Niue People's Party (1987–1992) |
1987 | |||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||
| 2 |  |
Young Vivian (born 1935) |
12 December 1992 | 9 March 1993 | 87 days | Niue People's Party | – | Vivian I | ||
| 3 | |
Frank Lui (1935–2021) |
9 March 1993 | 26 March 1999 | 6 years, 17 days | Independent | 1993 | Lui | ||
| 1996 | ||||||||||
| 4 |  |
Sani Lakatani (1936–2026) |
26 March 1999 | 1 May 2002 | 3 years, 36 days | Niue People's Party | 1999 | Lakatani | ||
| (2) | |
Young Vivian (born 1935) |
1 May 2002 | 19 June 2008 | 6 years, 49 days | Niue People's Party (2002–2003) |
2002 | Vivian II | ||
| Independent (2003–2008) |
2005 | Vivian III | ||||||||
| 5 |  |
Sir Toke Talagi (1951–2020) |
19 June 2008 | 11 June 2020 | 11 years, 358 days | Independent | 2008 | Talagi I | [2] | |
| 2011 | Talagi II | |||||||||
| 2014 | Talagi III | |||||||||
| 2017 | Talagi IV | |||||||||
| 6 | .jpg) |
Dalton Tagelagi (born 1968) |
11 June 2020 | Incumbent | 6 years, 81 days | Independent | 2020 | Tagelagi I | [3] | |
| 2023 | Tagelagi II | |||||||||
| 2026 | Tagelagi III | |||||||||
Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Niue. They are listed in order of first assuming office.
The following chart lists prime ministers by lifespan (living prime ministers on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige.
See also
Notes
- ↑ The prime minister is still referred to as the premier in most governmental pages and entities, and retains the title as an alternate, transitional, or quasi-official name despite the recent referendum.
References
- ↑ Hannum, Hurst (29 March 1993). Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 403. ISBN 079231977X. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Niue Has New Premier". Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ "Dalton Tagelagi voted in as new Premier of Niue". RNZ. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.