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Maatia Toafa - Definition and Overview

Maatia Toafa is the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Tuvalu. He was deputy Prime Minister when on August 27, 2004, he became Acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga resigned from Parliament after his government was deposed in a no confidence vote. He was confirmed as Prime Minister on October 11, 2004, when Sopoanga was reelected to Parliament and Parliament reconvened to elect a new Prime Minister. Like all Tuvalu Prime Ministers, he also became foreign minister.

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