His Excellency the President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, this morning received the credentials of the new Tuvaluan High Commissioner to Fiji, His Excellency Mr Paulson Panapa.
High Commissioner Panapa was welcomed by the Fijian Head of State at Government House as he presented his Letters of Credence.
The new envoy, who graduated from the University of the South Pacific under the Faculty of Arts, has worked for the Government of Tuvalu for the past 27 years.
High Commissioner Panapa has worked as Permanent Secretary for the Tuvaluan Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports, the Ministry of Works, Water & Energy and also as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
In his extensive career as a civil servant for the Tuvaluan Government he began as a distinguished Police Officer before becoming Assistant Clerk of Parliament in 1991 and was appointed as Clerk of Parliament in 1995 until 2004.
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