Mona Ainuu
Niuean politician
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Mona Ainuu is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister.
Mona Ainu'u | |
|---|---|
Mona Ainu’u in 2017 | |
| Minister of Natural Resources | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Preceded by | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources | |
| In office May 2017 – 11 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Toke Talagi |
| Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Preceded by | Halene Magatogia |
| Member of Parliament for Tuapa | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Fisa Igilisi Pihigia |
| Personal details | |
| Party | None |
| Occupation | Journalist Politician |
Prior to entering politics, Ainuu was a journalist with the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue and a Public Relations and Media Officer with the Niuean government.[1][2] She was also the president of the Niue Island Volleyball Association and a founding member of the Pacific Alliance of Development Journalists.[3][4]
Ainu'u was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2017 Niuean general election, representing the Tuapa constituency.[5] She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources.[6] On 11 June Ainu'u was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi.[7]
She was re-elected unopposed at the 2023 election,[8] and reappointed to Tagelagi's cabinet holding the same portfolios.[9] [10]