Maatia Toafa (1954) was the ninth Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of
Tuvalu. He was deputy Prime Minister when on
August 27,
2004, he became Acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister
Saufatu Sopoanga resigned from Parliament after his government was deposed in a
no confidence vote. He was confirmed as Prime Minister on
October 11, 2004, when
Sopoanga was reelected to Parliament and Parliament reconvened to elect a new Prime Minister. Like all Tuvalu Prime Ministers, he also became Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the August 2006 parliamentary elections, Toafa was reelected to Parliament, but all of the members of his cabinet were defeated. On
August 14 2006 he was succeeded by
Apisai Ielemia.
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