Joan Sisiati Tahafa Viliamu (22 March 1966 – 25 November 2022) was 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 Cabinet minister. Viliamu was born in

Tuapa Tuapa is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population at the 2017 census was 112, up from 97 in 2011. Villagers from Tuapa established the villages of Makefu, Hikutavake, and Namukulu Namukulu is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. With ...

and educated at Matalave Primary School and Niue High School Intermediate. She worked as a public servant and businesswoman before being elected to the

Niue Assembly The Niue Assembly ( niu, Niue Fono Ekepule) is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three-year t ...

on the common roll at the 2011 election. Following the election she was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Health, the Community Sector, and Minister for the Niue Broadcasting Corporation. She was re-elected in the

2014 Niuean general election Parliamentary elections were held in Niue on 12 April 2014. Candidates supportive of the government of Premier Toke Talagi won 12 of the 20 seats. Background Following the 2011 election, Toke Talagi was re-elected as premier for a second term. T ...

but downgraded to an Assistant Minister. She was again re-elected at the 2017 election, but lost her seat at the 2020 election.

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1966 births 2022 deaths Members of the Niue Assembly Social affairs ministers of Niue Health ministers of Niue Women's ministers of Niue Women government ministers of Niue 21st-century New Zealand women politicians 21st-century New Zealand politicians {{Niue-politician-stub