monarch predecessor successor birth_place office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
elizabeth ii elizabeth ii tulaga manuella toaripi lauti faimalaga luka bikenibeu paeniu nanumanga , gilbert and ellice islands governor-general of tuvalu 2nd prime minister of tuvalu bikenibeu faimalaga luka koloa talake saufatu sopoanga paeniu ionatana ionatana lagitupu tuilimu -lrb- acting -rrb- 10 september 1938 26 june 1998 8 september 1981 tomasi puapua
 9 september 2003 16 october 1989 tomasi puapua
tomasi puapua

sir tomasi puapua , gcmg , kbe , pc -lrb- born 10 september 1938 -rrb- is a political figure who represented vaitupu in the parliament of tuvalu .
he attended the fiji school of medicine and the otago university medical school .
he is married to riana puapua .
