Billy Graham Talagi 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 Member of the

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Career

Talagi was first elected to the Niue Assembly in a

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. He has represented the village of

Avatele Avatele, formerly known as Oneonepata Matavaihala, is one of the fourteen villages of Niue, located on the southwest coast, with a population of 143 residents as of 2017. Geography Avatele Beach, the village's main sea track, stretches along the ...

in the Niue Assembly continuously since 1999. In

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, and

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he was elected unopposed. In 2014 he was made Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of

Toke Talagi Toke may refer to: * Toke (lake) in Norway * Toke (given name) * Toke Atoll in the Marshall Islands * Toke Station in Japan * Toke, as in 'toke it up', refers to the smoking of cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the ...

. In 2017 he was made Minister for Education and Social Services. In 2019 he served as Acting Prime Minister while Toke Talagi was receiving medical treatment in

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. In May 2018 Talagi was discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting MP

Terry Coe Terry Donald Coe is a Niuean politician and former cabinet minister. He was first elected to the Niue Assembly as a common roll member in the 1993 Niuean general election, and immediately made a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui. ...

outside the Niuean Assembly. He contested the common roll in the

2020 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 30 May 2020 for the 20 members of the Niue Assembly. The election resulted in the defeat of Premier Toke Talagi, who lost his seat. Fifteen incumbents were re-elected, including three who were unopposed. I ...

but failed to win a seat.

Personal life

Billy Talagi had the brother

, who served as the

Premier of Niue The Premier of Niue is Niue's head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly. Sir Robert Rex was continuously re-elected every three years from N ...

References

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