The Most Famous
POLITICIANS from Niue
This page contains a list of the greatest Niuean Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 15,577 Politicians, 1 of which were born in Niue. This makes Niue the birth place of the 212th most number of Politicians behind Macedonia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Niuean Politicians of all time. This list of famous Niuean Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Toke Talagi (1960 - 2020)
With an HPI of 44.10, Toke Talagi is the most famous Niuean Politician. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi ( TOH-kə TAH-lung-ee; 9 January 1951 – 15 July 2020) was a Niuean politician, diplomat, and statesman. He served as Premier of Niue from 2008 to 2020. In 1999, he was elected to the Niue Assembly as an Independent. He was elected premier in the 2008 general election. During his tenure as premier, he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs. He unsuccessfully ran for a fifth-term in 2020 and was subsequently replaced by Dalton Tagelagi. Prior to becoming Premier, Talagi was Minister of Finance from 2002 until 2005. In the 2017 New Year Honours, Talagi was appointed Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM).
Pantheon has 1 people classified as politicians born between 1960 and 1960. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased politicians include Toke Talagi.
