Sonya Talagi
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Prime MinisterDalton Tagelagi
Preceded bySauni Tongatule
Relatives
- Toke Talagi (father)
- Dalton Tagelagi (half-brother)
Sonya Talagi | |
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| Minister for Education and Social Services | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Dalton Tagelagi |
| Preceded by | Sauni Tongatule |
| Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll | |
| Assumed office 29 April 2023 | |
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Sonya Talagi is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister. She is the daughter of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi.[1]
Talagi was a public servant, working as Director of Transport for the Niuean Government.[2] She was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2023 Niuean general election. While initial results showed her drawing with Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai for the last place on the common roll,[3][4] final results gave her a two-vote lead.[2]
On 12 May 2023 she was appointed to the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi, her half-brother, as Minister for Education and Social Services.[5][6][7]
