title: Sonya Talagi
text: # Sonya Talagi
  
  Sonya Talagi is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister. She is the daughter of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi.
  
  Talagi was a public servant, working as Director of Transport for the Niuean Government. She was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2023 Niuean general election. While initial results showed her drawing with Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai for the last place on the common roll, final results gave her a two-vote lead.
  
  On 12 May 2023 she was appointed to the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi as Minister for Education and Social Services.
  
  