Editing Politics of Tuvalu (section)

===The 2024 general election===

{{Main|2024 Tuvaluan general election}}

Voting in the general election that was held on 26 January 2024 began at 8:00 local time ([[UTC+12:00]]), and ended at 16:00.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foon |first1=Eleisha |title=Tuvalu goes to the polls |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/507528/tuvalu-goes-to-the-polls |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126025704/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/507528/tuvalu-goes-to-the-polls |archive-date=26 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Six new MPs were elected to Tuvalu's 16-member parliament.<ref name="RNZ-24-1-27">{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/507716/tuvalu-general-election-six-newcomers-in-parliament | title=Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date= 29 January 2024 |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> Significant changes to the composition of the parliament include the former Prime Minister [[Kausea Natano]] not retaining his seat; the former [[Governor-General of Tuvalu|Governor General]] Sir [[Iakoba Italeli|Iakoba Italeli Taeia]] was elected as an MP and also [[Feleti Teo]], who was the former Executive Director of the [[Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission]] (WCPFC).<ref name="RNZ24-1-27">{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/507716/tuvalu-general-election-eight-newcomers-in-parliament | title=Tuvalu general election: Eight newcomers in parliament |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date= 27 January 2024 |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="PDV-24-1-30">{{cite news |last1=Marinaccio|first1=Jess |title=Tuvalu’s 2024 general election: a new political landscape|url=https://devpolicy.org/2024-tuvalu-general-election-a-changing-political-landscape-20240130/ |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=PolicyDevBlog|date=30 January 2024}}</ref>

[[Enele Sopoaga]], the prime minister from 2013 to 2019, was re-elected in the [[Nukufetau]] electorate.<ref name="RNZ24-1-27"/> Former foreign minister [[Simon Kofe]] retained his seat in the Funafuti electorate.<ref name=ABC24-1-27>{{cite web |title= Tuvalu's pro-Taiwan leader loses seat in national election |work=ABC News|date= 27 January 2024|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-27/tuvalu-election-results-point-to-prime-minister-losing-seat/103396680|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="PDV-24-1-30"/> No candidates contested the sitting MPs [[Seve Paeniu]], who was the [[Minister of Finance of Tuvalu|finance minister]], and [[Namoliki Sualiki]] in the electorate of [[Nukulaelae]], so they were automatically returned to parliament.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haxton |first1=Tiana |title=Tuvalu elections 2024: Strong voter turnout reported |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/507631/tuvalu-elections-2024-strong-voter-turnout-reported |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126024646/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/507631/tuvalu-elections-2024-strong-voter-turnout-reported |archive-date=26 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=G2024-1>{{cite web|first=Prianka|last=Srinivasan|title= Tuvalu election: what’s happening, and what could it mean for Taiwan, China and the Pacific?|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/25/tuvalu-general-election-2024-impact-china-taiwan-pacific-relations-prime-minister-kausea-natano-seve-paeniu|access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="PDV-24-1-30"/>

[[Feleti Teo]] was appointed as [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu|prime minister]] on 26 February 2024, after he was elected unopposed by the parliament.<ref name=R24-2-26>{{cite web |first=Kirsty |last=Needham |title=Taiwan ally Tuvalu names Feleti Teo as new prime minister |work=Reuters |date= 26 February 2024|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=G24-2-26>{{cite web|first= |last=Agence France-Presse|title=Tuvalu names Feleti Teo prime minister after pro-Taiwan leader Kausea Natano ousted |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 February 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/26/tuvalu-election-feleti-teo-named-pm-prime-minister-kausea-natano |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> On 27 February, Sir [[Iakoba Italeli]] was elected as the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu]] in an uncontested ballot.<ref name=RNZ24-2-28>{{cite web |first=|last= |title= Cabinet lineup of new Tuvalu government unveiled|work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date= 28 February 2024|url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/510410/cabinet-lineup-of-new-tuvalu-government-unveiled|access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>