Terry Donald Coe 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

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

. He 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 ...

as a common roll member in the

1993 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 27 February 1993. Turnout was 91%. Following the election Frank Lui was elected Premier of Niue, defeating incumbent Young Vivian 11–9. John Tofo Funaki was elected Speaker. References Elections in Ni ...

, and immediately made a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier

Frank Lui Frank Fakaotimanava Lui (19 November 1935 – 9 July 2021) was a Niuean politician, who served as the premier of the Pacific Island state of Niue from 1993 to 1999. Early life Lui was raised by his grandparents on Niue after his parents and ...

. Coe served as a minister in the Cabinet of Premier

between 1993 and 1999, serving as Minister of Finance, Telecommunications, and Public Works, as well as other portfolios. He lost his place in Cabinet after Lui was defeated in the 1999 election and has since become a key member of the country's opposition. After the 1999 election, Coe supported

O'Love Jacobsen Tauveve O’Love Jacobsen is a Niuean politician and diplomat. She served as Niue's High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. Her predecessor was Sisilia Talagi, Niue's first female diplomat and High Commissioner. She had previously ...

for premier. In 2002, he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for criminal libel by the government. The charges were dismissed after police failed to produce any evidence. In 2011, he criticised his fellow MPs for voting themselves a sizeable increase in salary. He said the pay rises for politicians were a waste of public money that “would be better spent on development”. He was re-elected in the 2020 election. During the COVID-19 pandemic he opposed moves by the Niuean government to relax covid protections. He lost his seat in the 2023 Niuean general election, 2023 election.

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Living people Members of the Niue Assembly Year of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Niue {{Niue-politician-stub