Events from

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

in Tuvalu.

Incumbents

* Monarch: Elizabeth II *

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

: Iakoba Italeli (until 28 September 2021)

Tofiga Vaevalu Falani Sir Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, is a Tuvaluan reverend who has served as Governor-General of Tuvalu since 2021 and the President of the Church of Tuvalu since 2008. In his capacity as Church President, he has represented the church at meetings of t ...

onwards * Prime Minister: Kausea Natano

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania;

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* 28 September –

is appointed Governor-General of Tuvalu. * 2 November – A traveller from Tuvalu tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Auckland, New Zealand. Tuvalu had not previously reported any COVID-19 cases in the country. * 3 November – A lawyer representing the governments of

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and Tuvalu says that a new commission is being formed to sue big polluters and claim damage reparations for climate change effects on those nations before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. * 11 November – Tuvaluan Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs Minister

Simon Kofe Simon Kofe is a Tuvaluan politician. He was appointed as the Minister for Justice, Communication & Foreign Affairs, in the cabinet of Kausea Natano following the 2019 Tuvaluan general election. Early life The son of a Tuvaluan teacher at the Un ...

announces that the

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will push to retain international recognition of its statehood and maritime borders in the event that rising sea levels completely submerge the country.

References

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