Kitiseni Lopati
Kitiseni Lopati was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the minister of natural resources and commerce, then as the minister of finance and commerce in the cabinet of prime minister Tomasi Puapua in his second term as prime minister of Tuvalu.
Kitiseni Lopati MP | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office September 1988 – 16 October 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Tomasi Puapua |
| Preceded by | Henry Naisali |
| Succeeded by | Alesana Seluka |
| Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament for Nanumea | |
| In office 12 September 1985 – 16 October 1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent |
In September 1988, Lopati was appointed at the minister of finance and commerce to replaced Henry Naisali after he resigned his seat to take up the position of Secretary General of the South Pacific Forum. Lopati was not returned to parliament in the 1989 Tuvaluan general election.
He had earlier served as the Secretary of the Communications and Transport Department, and in 1979 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
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