Dalton Tagelagi


Dalton Tagelagi is a Niuean politician and Premier of Niue since June 2020. He was elected premier by the Niue Legislative Assembly on 11 June 2020, defeating O'Love Jacobsen by 13 votes to 7.
Tagelagi is the son of Sam Pata Emani Tagelagi, who served as Speaker of the Niue Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1993. He competed in bowls for Niue at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and again at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Political Career

Tagelagi was first elected to the Niue Assembly at the 2008 Niuean general election. Following the 2014 Niuean general election he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure. He was re-elected at the 2017 Niuean general election, and subsequently served as Minister for the Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
He was re-elected in the 2020 Niuean general election and subsequently elected premier. He was the Minister of Trade who negotiated the PACER Plus, while he was Premier his government ratified the PACER Plus regional trade agreement.