Billy Talagi

Billy Graham Talagi is a Niuean politician and former Member of the Niue Assembly. He is the brother of former Premier of Niue Toke Talagi.^[1]

Billy Talagi
Billy Talagi in 2017
Minister for Education and Social Services
In office 6 May 2017 – 30 May 2020
Prime Minister	Toke Talagi
Preceded by	Pokotoa Sipeli
Succeeded by	Sauni Tongatule
Minister of Natural Resources
In office 30 April 2014 – 6 May 2017
Succeeded by	Dalton Tagelagi
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 April 2023
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Avatele
In office 19 March 1999 – 30 May 2020
Preceded by	Aokuso Pavihi
Succeeded by	Poimamao Vakanofisi
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll
In office 15 February 1997 – 19 March 1999
Personal details
Political party	None

Career

Talagi was first elected to the Niue Assembly in a 1997 by-election.^[2] He has represented the village of Avatele in the Niue Assembly continuously since 1999.^[3][4] In 2005, 2008, and 2014 he was elected unopposed. In 2014 he was made Minister of Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Toke Talagi.^[5][6] In 2017 he was made Minister for Education and Social Services.^[7] In 2019 he served as Acting Prime Minister while Toke Talagi was receiving medical treatment in New Zealand.^[1][8]

In May 2018 Talagi was discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting MP Terry Coe outside the Niuean Assembly.^[9]

He contested the common roll in the 2020 Niuean general election but failed to win a seat.^[10] He was re-elected at the 2023 election.^[11]