What is Toaripi Lauti?
{{Infobox Prime Minister |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Sir Toaripi Lauti |honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG}} |image = |imagesize = |order1 = 3rd |office1 = Governor-General of Tuvalu |term_start1 = 1 October 1990 |term_end1 = 1 December 1993 |monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister1 = [[Bikenibeu Paeniu]] |predecessor1 = [[Tupua Leupena]] |successor1 = [[Tomu Sione]] |order2 = 1st |office2 = Prime Minister of Tuvalu |term_start2 = 1 October 1978 |term_end2 = 8 September 1981 |monarch2 = [[Elizabeth II]] |governor-general2 = [[Fiatau Penitala Teo]] |predecessor2 = Position Established |successor2 = [[Tomasi Puapua]] |order3 = 1st |office3 = Prime Minister of Tuvalu{{!}}Chief Minister of the Ellice Islands |term_start3 = 2 October 1975 |term_end3 = 1 October 1978 |monarch3 = [[Elizabeth II]] |governor-general3 = [[Thomas H. Laying|Thomas Laying]] |predecessor3 = Position Established |successor3 = Position Abolished |birth_date = 28 November 1928 |birth_place = [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|5|25|1928|11|28}} |death_place = [[Funafuti]], Tuvalu |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |religion = |spouse = Sualua Tui |children = |alma_mater = |profession = }} '''Sir Toaripi Lauti''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|PC}} (28 November 1928 – 25 May 2014) was a Tuvaluan politician. He was chief minister of the Colony of [[Tuvalu]] (1975–78), as the first [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu|prime minister]] following Tuvalu's independence (1978-1981) and [[Governor-General of Tuvalu|governor-general]] of [[Tuvalu]] (1990-1993).<