The prime minister of Tuvalu is the country's head of government. According to Tuvalu's constitution, the prime minister must always be a member of the parliament and is elected by parliament in a secret ballot. Because there are no political parties in Tuvalu, any member of parliament can be nominated for the role.
Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Image: Bikenibeu Paeniu 2022
Image: Rt Hon Sir Kamuta Latasi (cropped)
Image: Bikenibeu Paeniu 2022
Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands, northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of Fiji.
A Tuvaluan man in traditional attire drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841, during the United States Exploring Expedition
Woman on Funafuti (1900) Photography by Harry Clifford Fassett
Stamps of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands with portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
A beach at Funafuti atoll