Governor-General of Tuvalu
On April 15, 2005 he took office as Governor-General of Tuvalu as the representative of HM Queen Elizabeth II, who is Tuvalu's head of state. He stepped down in 2010. In 2007, Telito was made a Knight Grand Cross of Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) by Queen Elizabeth II. Herewith he resumed the practice by Governors-General of Tuvalu of accepting a Knighthood, a practice discontinued on a personal basis by his predecessor to that office, Faimalaga Luka.
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