Monise Laafai is a Tuvaluan politician and businessman.
He stood for Parliament for the first time at the 2010 general election, and was elected MP for the constituency of Nanumaga., Tuvalu News, 16 September 2010 He supported Maatia Toafa's successful bid for the premiership, and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet, as Minister of Finance."New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010 He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.
Laafai is also General Manager of the Tuvalu Co-operative Society,"Competition forces redundancy for Tuvalu’s largest wholesale and retail outlet", Pacific Islands News Association, 5 March 2010 a position he has held since the late 1990s. He was also chef de mission of the Tuvaluan delegation to the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa."Tuvalu flag raised", Tuvalu News, 25 August 2007
On 5 August 2013 Monise Laafai was appointed Minister for Communications and Transport; and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.
He was re-elected in the 2019 general election; and again in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election.
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