What is Minute Alapati Taupo?
[[File:Minute Alapati Taupo, February 2020 (GPO035) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Minute Alapati Taupo''' [[OBE]] (1 February 1962 – 23 May 2022) was a [[Tuvalu]]an politician, economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the [[Parliament of Tuvalu]] in 2019.<ref name=RNZ19>{{cite web|first=|last=|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=4 June 2020}}</ref> He was nominated as [[Deputy Prime Minister]] & Minister for Fisheries and Trade that same year. Before, he was the Ambassador to [[Taiwan]] from 2013 until 2017. Taupo died on 23 May 2022 from a [[heart attack]] while giving a speech in [[Nui (atoll)|Nui]], [[Tuvalu]] at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tuvalu mourns deputy prime minister |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/467789/tuvalu-mourns-deputy-prime-minister |agency=RNZ}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[List of scientists from Oceania]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taupo, Minute Alapati}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Tuvaluan people]] [[Category:Economists]] [[Category:Ambassadors]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] {{bio-stub}}