Taniela Fusimalohi

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Taniela Fusimalohi
Member of Parliament
for ʻEua 11
Assumed office
18 November 2021
Preceded byTevita Lavemaau

Taniela Likuʻohihifo Fusimalohi is a Tongan politician and civil servant.

Fusimalohi was educated at the University of South Australia, graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies. After completing a postgraduate diploma at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, he returned to the University of South Australia to complete a Master of Arts.[1] In 2005 he completed a PhD at the University of Queensland on the topic of Culture-bound public administration : the value basis of public administration in Tonga.[2]

From 1987 Fusimalohi worked as a civil servant, starting as a Senior Executive Officer in the Prime Minister's Office and rising to be a Principal Assistant Secretary.[1] In 2000 he was appointed Deputy Director of the Tonga Visitors Bureau. From 2007 to 2012 he served as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Training, Employment, Youth and Sports. In 2020 he was appointed as a Part Time Commissioner of the Public Service Commission.[1]

He was elected to the seat of ʻEua 11 in the 2021 Tongan general election.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Part Time Chairman and Part Time Commissioner of the Public Service Commission". Government of Tonga. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fusimalohi, Taniela (2005). Culture-bound public administration : the value basis of public administration in Tonga (PhD). University of Queensland.
  3. ^ "Tonga elects all-male parliament with nine new People's Reps". Matangi Tonga. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ "New faces in Tonga Parliament, no women elected". PINA. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.