Mona Ainuu 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 Cabinet Minister.
Prior to entering politics, Ainuu was a journalist with the
and a Public Relations and Media Officer with the Niuean government. She was also the president of the Niue Island Volleyball Association and a founding member of the Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists.
Ainu'u 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 ...
in the
, representing the
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 ...
constituency. She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources. On 11 June Ainu'u was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of
Dalton Tagelagi
Dalton Emani Makamau Tagelagi (born 5 June 1968) is a Niuean politician and Premier of Niue since June 2020. He was elected premier by the Niue Legislative Assembly on 11 June 2020, defeating O'Love Jacobsen by 13 votes to 7.
Tagelagi is the s ...
.
She was re-elected unopposed at the
2023 election,
and reappointed to Tagelagi's cabinet holding the same portfolios.
References
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Living people
Members of the Niue Assembly
Niuean women in politics
21st-century New Zealand women politicians
21st-century New Zealand politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Government ministers of Niue
Women government ministers of Niue