The Telavi Ministry was the 13th ministry of the Government of Tuvalu, led by Prime Minister Willy Telavi. It succeeded the Second Toafa Ministry upon its swearing in by Governor-General Iakoba Italeli on 24 December 2010 after a vote of no confidence in former Prime Minister Maatia Toafa. Following Telavi's removal as prime minister, his ministry was subsequently brought down by the opposition's vote of no confidence and was succeeded by the Sopoaga Ministry, led by Enele Sopoaga, on 5 August 2013."ENELE SOPOAGA SWORN-IN TODAY AS TUVALU’S NEW PM" , Islands Business, 5 August 2013
Cabinet Officeholder Office(s)Willy Telavi MP Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs (until July 2011) Minister for Works and Natural Resources (from July 2011)Kausea Natano MPDeputy Prime Minister Minister for Communications, Transport and Public UtilitiesDr. Falesa Pitoi MPMinister for Education, Youth and SportApisai Ielemia MPMinister for the Environment, Foreign Affairs, Labour, Trade and TourismLotoala Metia MPMinister of Finance (until December 2012)Taom Tanukale MPMinister for Health (until July 2013)Isaia Italeli MPMinister for Works and Natural Resources (until July 2011)Pelenike Isaia MPMinister for Home Affairs (from July 2011)
Changes to the Ministry
2011 changes Isaia Italeli, Minister for Works and Natural Resources, died suddenly on 19 July 2011, while attending a regional meeting in Apia, Samoa. In August, his widow, Pelenike Isaia, was elected to his seat in Parliament in a by-election in the constituency of Nui, thereby saving the government's parliamentary majority. She was subsequently appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Home Affairs. She is the second woman in Parliament, and in Cabinet, in Tuvalu's history."Composition du gouvernement des îles Tuvalu", French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, 23 September 2011 Prime Minister Telavi took on the role of Minister for Works and Natural Resources.
2012 changes On 21 December 2012, Finance Minister Lotoala Metia died in turn, in hospital, of unspecified causes."Tuvalu Minister dies in Suva" , Islands Business, 24 December 2012 As a by-election was not called until June 2013, he was not replaced."Political future of Tuvalu’s PM awaits decision of by-election in Nukufetau" , Islands Business, 10 January 2013
2013 changes Health Minister Taom Tanukale resigned unexpectedly from government on 30 July, when parliament was reconvened by the governor-general. Telavi's ministry was subsequently voted out of office three days later thus he was not replaced.
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