Fauoa Maani

Fauoa Maani MBE is a Tuvaluan politician.

Fauoa Maani
Minister for Education, Youth, Sports and Health
In office 5 August 2013 – 19 September 2019
Prime Minister	Enele Sopoaga
Preceded by	Falesa Pitoi (Education, Youth and Sport) Taom Tanukale (Health)
Succeeded by	Timi Melei
Minister for Health
In office 29 September 2010 – 24 December 2010
Prime Minister	Maatia Toafa
Preceded by	Iakoba Italeli
Succeeded by	Taom Tanukale
Member of the Tuvaluan Parliament for Niutao
In office 16 September 2010 – 19 September 2019
Personal details
Party	Independent

He worked as a journalist and served as clerk to the national Parliament,^[1] and was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2009, a title awarded to him in recognition of his "public service and service to the community".^[2]

The following year, he went into politics, standing for Parliament in the 2010 general election and was elected as MP for the constituency of Niutao.^[3][4][5] Following the election, he was appointed as Minister for Health in Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's Cabinet.^[1][6] He lost office just three months later, when Toafa's government was brought down by a motion of no confidence.^[7]

On 5 August 2013 Maani became the Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Health;^[8] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.