Henry Naisali

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Henry Faati Naisali (born December 8, 1928 in Nukulaelae , Gilbert and Ellic Islands , today: Tuvalu ; † in mid- October 2004 in Auckland , New Zealand ) was a politician from Tuvalu who, among other things, between 1988 and 1992 was Secretary General of the South Pacific Forum ( South Pacific Forum ) was.

Life

Naisali was first elected a member of the Assembly House ( Fale i Fono ) for the Nukulaelae constituency in 1977 and was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. In the government of Prime Minister Tomasi Puapua , he took over the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in 1981 and held them until 1985.

In January 1986, Naisali as the successor to from Tonga originating Mahe Tupouniua director of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co) , before the first general secretary of the consequential South Pacific Forum in September 1988. ( South Pacific Forum ) was. He held this position until January 1992 and was then replaced by the former President of Kiribati Ieremia Tabai .

For his many years of service he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).

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Individual evidence

  1. Pacific Islands Forum (rulers.org)