MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tuvalu lawmakers selected Feleti Teo because the tiny South Pacific island nation’s prime minister Monday after elections a month in the past ousted the final authorities chief.
Lawmakers selected the previous legal professional basic after former prime minister and Taiwan supporter Kausea Natano didn’t retain his seat within the 16-seat Parliament, authorities official Petesa Finikaso mentioned in an e mail.
It was not instantly clear how the brand new authorities will have an effect on China’s affect within the nation of round 11,500 folks half method between Australia and Hawaii.
Natano and three of his eight ministers weren’t reelected within the Jan. 26 election.
Natano had wished Tuvalu to stay one in all solely 12 international locations which have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the self-government democratic island that China claims as its personal territory.
Natano’s former finance minister Seve Paeniu, who was thought of a management contender, had argued for Tuvalu’s relationships with each Beijing and Taiwan to be reviewed.