Florence Maureen Melekitama 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 civil servant and politician. Melekitama was a civil servant who worked for the tax office. She was first 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 ...

at the

2017 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 6 May 2017.Niue
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, when she tied with rival candidate

Makaseau Ioane Makaseau Ioane is a Niuean politician and former Member of the Niue Assembly. Ioane contested the 2017 Niuean general election in the seat of Mutalau, when she tied with rival candidate Maureen Melekitama Florence Maureen Melekitama is a Niuean ...

but had her name drawn by lot. She lost the seat to Ioane at the 2020 election, again on a hat-draw. Following her electoral defeat she was appointed Internal Auditor by the Niuean Government. She was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2023 election. She was subsequently appointed as Member Assisting the Minister to Sonya Talagi, the Minister for Education and Social Services.

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