Editing Lagitupu Tuilimu

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|honorific-prefix     = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name                 = Lagitupu Tuilimu
|honorific-suffix     = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
|image                = 
|office1              = [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]]<br><small>Acting</small>
|term_start1          = 8 December 2000
|term_end1            = 24 February 2001
|monarch1             = [[Elizabeth II]]
|governor-general1    = [[Sir Tomasi Puapua]]
|predecessor1         = [[Ionatana Ionatana]]
|successor1           = [[Faimalaga Luka]]
|office2              = [[Minister of Finance of Tuvalu]]
|predecessor2         = [[Alesana Seluka]]
|successor2           = [[Saufatu Sopoanga]]
|term_start2          = 27 April 1999
|term_end2            = 14 December 2001
|birth_date           = 
|birth_place          = [[Tuvalu]]
|death_date           = 
|death_place          = 
|party                = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|religion             = 
|spouse               = 
|children             = 
|alma_mater           = 
|profession           = Politician
}}
'''Lagitupu Tulimu''' is a political figure from the [[Pacific]] nation of [[Tuvalu]], who represented the constituency of [[Nanumea]]. He served as the [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu|acting prime minister]], and foreign minister, from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001 following the death of incumbent [[Ionatana Ionatana]].<ref name="britannica">{{cite web| title = Tuvalu: Year in Review 2001 | publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]| date =2001|url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/760339/Tuvalu-Year-In-Review-2001| access-date=20  March 2003}}</ref><ref name="TL15">{{cite book|last1= Lansford|first1=Tom|title= Political Handbook of the World 2015|year= 2015 |publisher= CQ Press}}</ref>

==Early political career==
He became deputy prime minister and [[Minister of Finance of Tuvalu|minister of finance]] in April 1999,<ref name="LT99">{{cite web|last= |first= |work= Lagitupu Tuilimu – Independence Day Speech|title= Pacific Islands Report|date= 1 October 1999|url= http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/10/13/lagitupu-tuilimu-0|accessdate= 19 September 2021|archive-date= 21 September 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210921031829/http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/10/13/lagitupu-tuilimu-0|url-status= dead}}</ref> when [[Ionatana Ionatana]]'s government took office. One of the main issues of Ionatana's Government in which Tuilimu served was the country's membership of the [[United Nations]], which [[Tuvalu]] assumed in this period.

==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.

==Honours==
Tuilimu was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2002 New Year Honours]] for public and community service.<ref>{{londongazette|date=31 December 2001|supp=6|issue=56435|page=37}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Politics of Tuvalu]]

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