Feleti Teo is named prime minister of Tuvalu
- Feleti Teo is named prime minister of Tuvalu.
- Feleti Teo is former attorney general of Tuvalu. He was the first attorney general of Tuvalu.
- Following a general election that resulted in the removal of the Tuvalu’s pro-Taiwan leader, Feleti Teo was named as the new prime minister.
- Teo was the sole candidate nominated by his 15 lawmaker colleagues. He was announced elected without a vote.
- In the election held on January 26, Kausea Natano, his predecessor who supported Taiwan, was defeated.
- Tuvalu is one of just 12 nations that maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
- Recently, Nauru, Tuvalu’s neighbor, ended diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing.
- It is the first time that a prime minister has been selected without opposition, according to Tuvalu lawmaker Simon Kofe.
- Tuvalu is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. It is composed of three reef islands and six atolls. Funafuti is its capital.
