- Source: Kitiseni Lopati
Kitiseni Lopati was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the minister of natural resources and commerce, then as the minister of finance and commerce in the cabinet of prime minister Tomasi Puapua in his second term as prime minister of Tuvalu.
In September 1988, Lopati was appointed at the minister of finance and commerce to replaced Henry Naisali after he resigned his seat to take up the position of Secretary General of the South Pacific Forum. Lopati was not returned to parliament in the 1989 Tuvaluan general election.
He had earlier served as the Secretary of the Communications and Transport Department, and in 1979 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Publications
Kitiseni Lopati & Panapa Panapa (1968) A Vocabulary of English, Gilbertese, Ellice Common Usage, Antebuka, Gilbert Islands: Printed by the G.I.P.C.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kitiseni Lopati
- Cabinet of Tuvalu
- Henry Naisali
- Alesana Seluka
- Minister of Finance of Tuvalu
- 1979 Birthday Honours
- Tuvalu at the 2011 Pacific Games
- Tuvalu at the 2015 Pacific Games
