Hon Sonya Talagi
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Hon Sonya Talagi
Party: N/A
Term: 2023 - current
Electorate: Common roll (open seat)
Province: N/A
Political Status: Minister for Education and Social Services
Sonya Talagi is a Niuean politician and Cabinet Minister. She is the daughter of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi.[1]
Talagi was a public servant, working as Director of Transport for the Niuean Government.[2] She was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2023 Niuean general election. While initial results showed her drawing with Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai for the last place on the common roll,[3][4] final results gave her a two-vote lead.[2]
On 12 May 2023 she was appointed to the Cabinet of Dalton Tagelagi, her half-brother, as Minister for Education and Social Services.[5][6][7]