Dr. Alesana Kleis Seluka
MBE, OBE
Minister of Finance
In office
24 December 1996 – 27 April 1999
Prime MinisterBikenibeu Paeniu
Succeeded bySaufatu Sopoanga
Minister of Health
In office
14 December 2001 – 3 August 2006
Prime MinisterKoloa Talake
Saufatu Sopoanga
Maatia Toafa
Preceded byIonatana Ionatana
Succeeded byIakoba Italeli
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament
for Nui
In office
25 November 1993 – 16 September 2010
Succeeded byIsaia Italeli
Taom Tanukale
Personal details
BornNui, Gilbert and Ellice Islands
(now Tuvalu)
Political partyIndependent

Alesana Kleis Seluka (MBE, CBE) is medical doctor by profession and is the Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Tuvalu.[1] He represented the constituency of Nui in the Parliament of Tuvalu. He served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning from 1996 until 1999, and Minister of Health from 2001 to 2006 and held other Cabinet posts.

He was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), then in 1998 he was made an Ordinary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to medicine, politics and the community.[2]

Political career

Alesana Seluka was elected to represent Nui and he was returned to parliament in the 1998 Tuvaluan general election.[3]

He was the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in the 2nd government of Bikenibeu Paeniu (1996 to 1998);[4] and after the 1998 Tuvaluan general election he retained the finance portfolio and was also the Minister for Tourism, Trade and Commerce in the 3rd government of Paeniu, until he resigned as PM following a vote of no confidence on 27 April 1999.[4]

Alesana Seluka was the Minister for Education and Health in the Koloa Talake government (2001–2002).[5]

Alesana Seluka was re-elected in the 2002 Tuvaluan general election;[6] as served as Minister of Health in the government of Saufatu Sopoanga (2002-2004).[7] and in government of Maatia Toafa (2004–2006).[8]

He was again elected in the 2006 Tuvaluan general election;[9] however he was not re-elected in the 2010 Tuvaluan general election.[10]

Subsequent career

He was appointed the Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Tuvalu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Iosefa, Afasene (14 May 2018). "Leave no women behind, be bold for change". KMT News. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Eights Supplement" (PDF). The London Gazette. 12 June 1998. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tuvalu Elects 12 Members of Parliament". PacificIslands Report. 27 March 1998. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Paeniu Re-Elected Tuvalu Prime Minister". Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i at Manoa /PACNEWS/tuvaluislands.com. 8 April 1998. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Preliminary Election Results - P.M. Talake Voted Out". Tuvalu Online. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Cannon, Brian (26 July 2002). "Preliminary Election Results - P.M. Talake Voted Out". Tuvalu Online. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fifty-fourth session WHO, Manila, Philippines" (PDF). WHO. 8 September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "CCM Members". SPC. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Hassall, Graham (2006). "The Tuvalu General Election 2006". Democracy and Elections project, Governance Program, University of the South Pacific. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tuvalu PM re-elected, seeks to form govt". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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