1993 Elections To The Parliament of Tuvalu
See also: Tuvaluan general election, September 1993 and Tuvaluan general election, November 1993The general election was held on 2 September 1993. In the subsequent parliament the members were evenly split in their support of the incumbent Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu and the former Prime Minister Tomasi Puapua.
As a consequence, the Governor-General dissolved the parliament on 22 September and a further election took place on 25 November 1993. The subsequent parliament elected Kamuta Latasi as prime minister on 10 December 1993, with a 7:5 majority over the group a members of parliament headed by former Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu. The Deputy Prime Minister was Otinielu Tausi and Tomasi Puapua was appointed the Speaker of the parliament. Kamuta Latasi was the prime minister until 24 December 1996. As the result of the vote on a motion of no confidence Kamuta Latasi resigned and Bikenibeu Paeniu was elected as prime minister for the second time.
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