Alesana Kleis Seluka (MBE, CBE) is medical doctor by profession and is the Chairman of the Public Service Commission of

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northeast ...

. He represented the constituency of Nui in the

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. He served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning from 1996 until 1999, and Minister of Health from 2001 to 2006 and held other Cabinet posts. He was made a Member of the Most Excellent

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(MBE), then in 1998 he was made an Ordinary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to medicine, politics and the community.

Political career

Alesana Seluka was elected to represent Nui and he was returned to parliament in the

1998 Tuvaluan general election General elections were held in Tuvalu on 26 March 1998. As there were no political parties, all candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents, with seven of the incumbents retaining their seats. Following the election, Bikenibeu Paeniu was re-e ...

. He was the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in the 2nd government of

Bikenibeu Paeniu Bikenibeu Paeniu, PC (born 10 May 1956) is a politician from Tuvalu. He represented the constituency of Nukulaelae in the Parliament of Tuvalu. He has served twice as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, and now serving as Tuvalu ambassador to Taiwan s ...

(1996 to 1998); and after the

he retained the finance portfolio and was also the Minister for Tourism, Trade and Commerce in the 3rd government of Paeniu, until he resigned as PM following a vote of no confidence on 27 April 1999. Alesana Seluka was the Minister for Education and Health in the Koloa Talake government (2001–2002). Alesana Seluka was re-elected in the

2002 Tuvaluan general election General elections were held in Tuvalu on 25 July 2002. All candidates were independents, as there are no political parties in the country. Saufatu Sopoanga was appointed Prime Minister after the election as the previous Prime Minister Koloa Talak ...

; as served as Minister of Health in the government of

Saufatu Sopoanga Saufatu Sopoanga (22 February 1952 – 15 December 2020) was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effec ...

(2002-2004). and in government of Maatia Toafa (2004–2006). He was again elected in the

2006 Tuvaluan general election General elections were held in Tuvalu on 3 August 2006 to elect fifteen members to the Parliament. There were 5,765 eligible voters on the electoral roll. 32 candidates, including 2 women, competed for the 15 seats (the parliament had been increas ...

; however he was not re-elected in the 2010 Tuvaluan general election.

Subsequent career

He was appointed the Chairman of the Public Service Commission of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seluka, Alesana Living people Finance Ministers of Tuvalu Members of the Parliament of Tuvalu People from Nui (atoll) Year of birth missing (living people)