Kamuta Latasi
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The Right Honourable Kamuta Latasi KCMG OBE MP |
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| Prime Minister of Tuvalu | |
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In office 10 December 1993 – 24 December 1996 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General |
Tomu Sione Tulaga Manuella |
| Preceded by | Bikenibeu Paeniu |
| Succeeded by | Bikenibeu Paeniu |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu | |
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In office 24 December 2010 – 4 March 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Willy Telavi Enele Sopoaga |
| Preceded by | Isaia Italeli |
| Succeeded by | Otinielu Tausi |
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In office 16 August 2006 – 29 September 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Apisai Ielemia |
| Preceded by | Otinielu Tausi |
| Succeeded by | Isaia Italeli |
| Acting Governor-General of Tuvalu | |
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In office 19 March 2010 – 16 April 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Apisai Ielemia |
| Preceded by | Sir Filoimea Telito |
| Succeeded by | Sir Iakoba Italeli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1936 |
Sir Kamuta Latasi KCMG OBE PC MP (born 1936) is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu from Funafuti atoll. He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in 1992. Latasi served as the 4th Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 1993 until 1996. He has served as the Speaker of parliament from 2006 to September 2010 and again from December 2010 to March 2014.
The general election held on 25 November 1993 resulted in the members being evenly split in their support of the incumbent prime minister Bikenibeu Paeniu and the former prime minister Tomasi Puapua. As a consequence, the governor-general dissolved the parliament on 22 September and a further election took place on 25 November 1993. The subsequent parliament elected Kamuta Latasi as prime minister on 10 December 1993, with a 7:5 majority over the group a members of parliament headed by former prime minister Bikenibeu Paeniu. Kamuta Latasi was the prime minister until 24 December 1996. As the result of the vote on a motion of no confidence Kamuta Latasi resigned and Bikenibeu Paeniu was elected as prime minister for the second time. In the general election of 26 March 1998 Latasi lost his seat.
While many Tuvaluan politicians tend to avoid organising themselves along partisan lines, Latasi is noted for his republican leanings, together with former prime minister, the late Ionatana Ionatana.
One notable issue during the premiership of Latasi was the question of the design of the national flag of Tuvalu, which included a British Union Jack, reduced in size.
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