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Sir Tomu Sione GCMG OBE, (17 November 1941 – April 2016). He was elected to represent Niutao in the House of Representatives of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in the general election of 1974. Following the separation of Tuvalu from Kiribati he served in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu. Following independence, Tomu Sione was elected to represent the constituency of Niutao in the Parliament of Tuvalu in the elections held on 27 August 1977.

Tomu Sione served as Governor-General of Tuvalu from 1993 to 1994. Somewhat unusually for a former Governor-General, after standing down from this office, Sione later stood again for parliament. He was elected by the constituency of Niutao and served as the Speaker of the Parliament from 1998 to 2002. He was created GCMG in 2001. Sione lost his seat in the 2002 general election, however he was re-elected in the Tuvaluan general election, 2006 and served until the Tuvaluan general election, 2010.