Bill Vakaafi Motufoou is a

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

an politician and former

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. Motufoou was the General Secretary for the Mutalau Village Council and Committee Member of the Niue Island Organic Farming Association (NIOFA) before entering politics. He was first elected into the

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as Assemblyman for the Village of

Mutalau Mutalau is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population at the 2017 census was 100, up from 97 in 2011. History Overview It was previously known as Ululauta and Matahefonua. ''Ululauta'' and ''Matahefonua'' both mean "head of the land". ...

in the

1999 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 19 March 1999 to determine the composition of the twenty member national Assembly. Fourteen incumbents retained their seats, with Premier Frank Lui a notable exception. Following the election, the Niue Peop ...

. He was re-elected at the 2002 election and appointed Minister of Works, Agriculture and Fisheries in the government of

Young Vivian Mititaiagimene Young Vivian is a Niuean politician and diplomat, who served as Premier of Niue twice, the first time from December 1992 to March 1993 following the death of Sir Robert Rex, and the second from 2002 to 2008. He also served as a ...

. In 2004 he was the Niuean delegate at the senior officers meeting of the

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of the

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. He was re-elected in

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and reappointed to Cabinet. He was re-elected unopposed at the 2008 election, but not appointed to

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's cabinet. He finally lost his seat on a coin toss to

Maureen Melekitama Florence Maureen Melekitama is a Niuean civil servant and politician. Melekitama was a civil servant who worked for the tax office. She was first elected to the Niue Assembly at the 2017 Niuean general election, when she tied with rival candidate ...

at the 2017 election.

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