Resignation and Subsequent Career
On 27 August 2004, Sapoanga resigned from Parliament, and was no longer Prime Minister. He was re-elected to Parliament in October 2004, by a 420-361 vote in his electoral district of Nukufetau island.
In the cabinet of his successor, Maatia Toafa, he held the position of Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Minister for Communications & Transport and Minister for Works & Energy. At the August 2006 parliamentary elections he lost his seat in Parliament, and thus also his position in the cabinet.
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