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===The 2019 general election===

{{Main|2019 Tuvaluan general election}}

The [[2019 Tuvaluan general election|2019 general election]] was held on 9 September 2019.<ref name=RNZ19>{{cite web|first=Jamie|last=Tahana|title= Tuvalu elections: large turnover for new parliament|work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=10 September 2019|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/398454/tuvalu-elections-large-turnover-for-new-parliament|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> In the [[Nukufetau]] electorate the caretaker prime minister, [[Enele Sopoaga]], was returned to parliament, however [[Satini Manuella]], [[Taukelina Finikaso]] and [[Maatia Toafa]], who were ministers, were not returned. Seven new members of Parliament were elected.<ref name=RNZ19/>

On 19 September 2019, in a secret ballot, the members of parliament elected [[Kausea Natano]] from [[Funafuti]] as prime minister with a 10-6 majority, ending  the six-year premiership of Enele Sopoaga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399106/kausea-natano-new-pm-of-tuvalu-sopoaga-ousted|title = Kausea Natano new PM of Tuvalu; Sopoaga ousted|website = [[Radio New Zealand]]|date = 19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="PN2019">{{cite web|work=PACNEWS|title= New Tuvalu PM will not attend UN Climate Summit in New York|date= 18 September 2019 |url= http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=20402131495d82df3e7f441dd4fdcb|access-date=5 January 2021 }}</ref><ref name=FB19>{{cite web|title= Tuvalu has elected a new Prime Minister - Hon. Kausea Natano |website=[[Facebook]]|date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.facebook.com/fenuinews/|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=ABC0919>{{cite web|last= Evan Wasuka & Alan Weedon|title= Pacific climate change champion Enele Sopoaga is no longer Tuvalu's PM – so who's next in? |website= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-19/tuvalu-ousts-enele-sopoaga-as-pm-and-installs-kausea-natano/11528694|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=R0919>{{cite web|last= Colin Packham & Jonathan Barrett|title= Tuvalu changes PM, adds to concerns over backing for Taiwan in Pacific |website= [[Reuters]] |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-tuvalu/tuvalu-changes-pm-adds-to-concerns-over-backing-for-taiwan-in-pacific-idUSKBN1W400A|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> Samuelu Teo was elected as [[Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu]].<ref name=RNZ0919>{{cite web|title=Kausea Natano new PM of Tuvalu; Sopoaga ousted |website=[[Radio New Zealand]]|date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399106/kausea-natano-new-pm-of-tuvalu-sopoaga-ousted |access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>