Tuiloma Neroni Slade
| Tuiloma Neroni Slade | |
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| Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum | |
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In office 13 October 2008 – 4 December 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Feleti Teo |
| Succeeded by | Meg Taylor |
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| Born | 8 April 1941 Samoa |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Tuiloma Neroni Slade | |
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| Samoan Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office May 3, 1993 – December 4, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Tuaopepe Fili Wendt |
| Succeeded by | Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia |
Tuiloma Neroni Slade (born 8 April 1941 in Samoa) held the post of secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat from 2008 to 4 December 2014. He was elected to the position for three years on 20 August 2008. Slade was reappointed to a second term by the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum on 8 September 2011.
Tuiloma Neroni Slade was born in Samoa on 8 April 1941. He graduated with a LL.B. from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Slade began his career as a Samoan lawyer, serving as the senior prosecutor for the attorney general and the Parliamentary Counsel to the Samoan government. He became the Attorney General of Samoa in 1976 and remained in office until 1982.
Slade became the Samoan ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the United Nations and a judge of the International Criminal Court. He was elected to the International Criminal Court in 2003 for a three-year term, and served as presiding judge of Pre-Trial Chamber II.
Before beginning a diplomatic career in 1993, Slade became the assistant director of the legal office for the Commonwealth Secretariat, based in London.
Slade served as a Samoan diplomat from 1993 until his appointment to the International Criminal Court in 2003. He was appointed as Samoa's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City. Slade concurrently served as both the Samoan Ambassador to the United States and the High Commissioner to Canada.
He has also served as chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) from 1997 to 2003.
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