Eselealofa Apinelu
Eselealofa Apinelu | |
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Apinelu in 2019 | |
| High Commissioner to Fiji | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Temate Melitiana |
| Attorney General of Tuvalu | |
| In office 2008–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Iakoba Italeli |
| Succeeded by | Laingane Italeli Talia |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania University of South Pacific Swinburne University |
Dr Eselealofa 'Ese' Apinelu is a Tuvaluan lawyer and sports official. Apinelu attended The Cathedral School, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1998. She is Tuvalu's first female lawyer. Eselealofa holds a Professional Diploma in Legislative Drafting from the University of South Pacific. In 2022 she was awarded a PhD from Swinburne University’s Centre for Urban Transition. Her research focused on customary and human rights in post-colonial Tuvalu with a particular focus on the disconnection between individual and collective rights in Tuvalu’s development agendas.