Career
Following the completion of his education and training, Tsiamalili worked his way up the bureaucratic ladder to become the provincial secretary of the North Solomons Province, which is now known as the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Tsiamalili served as provincial secretary under the government of then North Solomons Province Premier Joseph Kabui. He remained secretary until the outbreak of the nine-year long Bougainville civil war beginning in 1989. The North Solomons (Bougainville) provincial government was dismissed at the beginning of the conflict, making Tsiamalili the last provincial secretary and Kabui the last premier before the civil war. Tsiamalili ultimately had to flee Bougainville for his own safety during the early stages of the conflict.
He switched government careers, joining the PNG Foreign Affairs Department. Tsiamalili initially served as a diplomat at Papua New Guinea's mission to the United Nations in New York City. He later became the Papua New Guinean ambassador to both Fiji and Belgium, from which he was also accredited to other European nations, including the Netherlands beginning in 1994. Following his stints as an ambassador, Tsiamalili was appointed to be the secretary for the PNG Foreign Affairs Department.
The government of former Prime Minister Bill Skate next appointed Tsiamalili to be secretary of Department of Personnel Management (DPM) during the late 1990s.
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