Mona Ainuu is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister.
Mona Ainu'u | |
|---|---|
 Mona Ainu’u in 2017 | |
| Minister of Natural Resources | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Preceded by | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources | |
| In office May 2017 – 11 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Toke Talagi |
| Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Preceded by | Halene Magatogia |
| Member of Parliament for Tuapa | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Fisa Igilisi Pihigia |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Niuean |
| Political party | None |
| Occupation | Journalist Politician |
Prior to entering politics, Ainuu was a journalist with the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue and a Public Relations and Media Officer with the Niuean government.[1][2] She was also the president of the Niue Island Volleyball Association and a founding member of the Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists.[3][4]
Ainu'u was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2017 Niuean general election, representing the Tuapa constituency.[5] She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources.[6] On 11 June Ainu'u was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi.[7]
She was re-elected unopposed at the 2023 election,[8] and reappointed to Tagelagi's cabinet holding the same portfolios.[9] [10]
References
edit- ^ "Niue gears up for Pacific Forum". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "First of its kind for Pacific Island emergency response". Pacific Community. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "NIU - NIUE ISLAND VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION". International Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "PADJ News: Mona Ainuu awarded SPREP Fellowship". Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Few new faces in Niue parliament". Radio New Zealand. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT - CABINET MINISTERS & PORTFOLIOS". Government of Niue. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "New Cabinet Line-up!". Talaniue. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Esther Pavihi (14 April 2023). "List of candidates for the 2023 General Elections released; Tagelagi duly elected with 5 others". TV Niue. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Dalton Tagelagi forms Niue's first gender-balanced Cabinet". RNZ. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Esther Pavihi (12 May 2023). "Premier Tagelagi announce first gender- balanced Cabinet". TV Niue. Retrieved 15 May 2023.