Editing Lagitupu Tuilimu (section)

==Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu==
On the death of [[Ionatana Ionatana]] on December 8, 2000 Tuilimu served as acting [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]],<ref name="QC">{{cite web| last =Clements| first =Quiton  | work= UNDP |title=Tuvalu Legislative Needs Assessment|date =December 2000|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332069776/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337518629&partId=nla.obj-332125698#page/n25/mode/1up| accessdate=4 October 2021}}</ref> until the election of [[Faimalaga Luka]] by parliament on February 24, 2001.<ref name="TL15"/> His assumption of this office came because he had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu on the death of Ionatana.<ref name="britannica"/> This was the first time that a sitting [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]] had died in office.