Lagitupu Tuilimu

The Right Honourable Lagitupu Tuilimu
Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu
In office 8 December 2000 – 24 February 2001
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir Tomasi Puapua
Preceded by	Ionatana Ionatana
Succeeded by	Faimalaga Luka
Personal details
Born	Tuvalu
Political party	Independent
Profession	Politician

The Rt Hon Lagitupu Tulimu is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu, who represented the constituency of Nanumea. He served as the Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001 following the death of incumbent Ionatana Ionatana.

He became deputy Prime Minister and finance minister in April 1999, when Ionatana Ionatana's government took office. One of the main issues of Ionatana's Government in which Tuilimu served was the country's membership of the United Nations, which Tuvalu assumed in this period.

On the death of Ionatana Ionatana on December 8, 2000 Tuilimu served as acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001. His assumption of this office came because he had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu on the death of Ionatana. This was the first time that a sitting Prime Minister of Tuvalu had died in office.

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