- Feleti Teo
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name = Feleti Teo
order =Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
term_start =May 22 ,2008
term_end =August 20 ,2008
deputy =
predecessor =Greg Urwin
successor =Tuiloma Neroni Slade
birth_date =October 9 ,1962
birth_place =Tuvalu flagicon|Tuvalu
death_date =
death_place =
occupation =
spouse = Tausaga
children = 4Feleti Penitala Teo (born
October 9 ,1962 Tuvalu ), also spelled Feleti Te'o, is a Tuvaluan former Secretary General of thePacific Islands Forum .Education
Feleti Teo received his
Bachelor of Laws degree from theUniversity of Canterbury inChristchurch, New Zealand . He obtained hisMaster of Laws degree inPublic Laws fromAustralian National University inCanberra, Australia .Career
Teo served as the
Attorney General ofTuvalu , with the official title of Attorney General and Head of the Legal and Judicial Services of Tuvalu. Before becomingSecretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Teo served as theDirector General of thePacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), which is based inHoniara ,Solomon Islands .Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
Teo was appointed acting
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum onMay 2 ,2008 , following the resignation ofAustralia nGreg Urwin due to illness. Teo had served as Urwin's deputySecretary General . He officially began work at the Secretariat onMay 22 ,2008 . cite news |first=|last=|title=Tuvalu's Feleti Te'o Is Forum's New Deputy Secretary General
url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/03/tuvalus-feleti-teo-is-forums-new-deputy-secretary-general|work=Pacific Magazine |publisher=|date=2008-05-03 |accessdate=2008-09-14]Teo was nominated for a full three year term as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum in August 2008 by the government of Tuvalu. cite news |first=|last=|title=Three In Running For Forum Secretary General
url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/08/06/three-in-running-for-forum-secretary-general|work=Pacific Magazine |publisher=|date=2008-08-06 |accessdate=2008-09-14] The other two nominees for Secretary General wereWilkie Rasmussen , theForeign Minister of theCook Islands andTuiloma Neroni Slade , the former Attorney General ofSamoa and former justice of theInternational Criminal Court . Ultimately, Slade was chosen as the next Secretary General at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting inNiue . cite news |first=|last=|title=Pacific Islands Forum chooses new Secretary General|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41593 |work=Radio New Zealand International |publisher=|date=2008-08-21 |accessdate=2008-09-14]References
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