The Honourable Satini Manuella MP |
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Minister of Health | |
Assumed office 10 April 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Enele Sopoaga |
Preceded by | Taom Tanukale |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 19 September 2014 Serving with Maatia Toafa |
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Preceded by | Willy Telavi |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 August 1958 Tarawa, Kiribati |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Ilaisita Manuella |
Satini Tulaga Manuella is a Tuvaluan politician.
With a background in finance and education, he is, as of 2014, president of the Tuvalu National Private Sector Organisation.
On 19 September 2014, he stood as a pro-government candidate for Parliament in a by-election in the Nanumea constituency. Campaigning on the theme of developing "a healthy working relationship between the education and private sectors", so that Tuvaluans could be "educated in areas that will help boost Tuvalu’s economy", he was elected with 65.2% of the vote, and sat as a backbencher in Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga's parliamentary majority.
On 10 April 2015 he was appointed the Minister of Health.