Satini Manuella

Satini Tulaga Manuella is a Tuvaluan politician.

The Honourable Satini Manuella MP
Minister of Health
In office 10 April 2015 – 9 September 2019
Prime Minister	Enele Sopoaga
Preceded by	Taom Tanukale
Member of Parliament
In office 19 September 2014 – 9 September 2019
Preceded by	Willy Telavi
Personal details
Born	21 August 1958[citation needed] Tarawa, Kiribati[citation needed]
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Ilaisita Manuella[citation needed]

With a background in finance and education, he is, as of 2014, president of the Tuvalu National Private Sector Organisation.^[1]

On 19 September 2014, he stood as a pro-government candidate for Parliament in a by-election in the Nanumea constituency. Campaigning on the theme of developing "a healthy working relationship between the education and private sectors", so that Tuvaluans could be "educated in areas that will help boost Tuvalu’s economy", he was elected with 65.2% of the vote, and sat as a backbencher in Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga's parliamentary majority.^[1]

On 10 April 2015 he was appointed the Minister of Health;^[2] and served as the minister during the Sopoaga Ministry.

He was not re-elected in the 2019 general election.^[3]