Facts: - profession: diplomat - imagesize: 250px - namedata: ban ki-moon - blankname: secretary general - primeminister: willy telavi enele sopoaga - office: permanent representative to the un for tuvalu - predecessor: afelee f. pita - term start: 20 december 2012 - birth date: 22 april 1967 - name: aunese makoi simati - alma mater: waikato university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aunese simati .
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aunese makoi simati , born 22 april 1967 , is a tuvaluan diplomat .he is currently tuvalu 's permanent representative to the united nations .he studied at waikato university -lrb- new zealand -rrb- , obtaining a master 's degree in social science -lrb- economics and geography -rrb- .he worked as a civil servant in the tuvaluan ministry of finance , economic planning and industries from 1991 to 2003 , in the department of planning , rising to the position of senior assistant secretary in that department in 1999 .in 2003 , he was promoted to the position of acting permanent secretary in the ministry of communications and transport , then became permanent secretary in the ministry of home affairs and rural development in 2005 ; he returned to the ministry of finance , economic planning and industries , as permanent secretary , in 2006 .in 2009 , he began a diplomatic career , being appointed permanent secretary in the department of foreign affairs , within the office of the prime minister -lrb- who at that time was apisai ielemia -rrb- .the following year , he was appointed as tuvalu 's high commissioner to fiji .on 20 december 2012 , he presented his credentials to united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon , as tuvalu 's permanent representative to the united nations .he simultaneously serves as tuvaluan ambassador to the united states , having presented his credentials to president barack obama on 14 january 2013 .