Poasi Tei

Poasi Tei
Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga
In office
28 December 2021 – 10 August 2022
Prime MinisterSiaosi Sovaleni
Preceded byLord Maʻafu
Succeeded byVacant
Minister for Energy, Environment, Information and Climate Change
In office
4 January 2018 – 10 August 2022
Prime MinisterSiaosi Sovaleni
Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Preceded bySiaosi Sovaleni
Minister for Public Enterprises
In office
28 December 2021 – 10 August 2022
Prime MinisterSiaosi Sovaleni
Preceded byPōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Succeeded bySiaosi Sovaleni
In office
30 December 2014 – 4 January 2018
Prime MinisterʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Preceded byFe‘aomoeata Vakata
Succeeded bySaia Piukala
Member of Parliament
for Tongatapu 6
In office
27 November 2014 – 10 August 2022
Preceded bySiosifa Tuʻutafaiva
Succeeded byDulcie Tei
Personal details
Born (1967-10-04) 4 October 1967
PartyNone
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Poasi Mataele Tei (born 4 October 1967) is a Tongan politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.

Tei was educated at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and an MBA. Before entering politics he worked for the Statistics Department, as an accountant for the Tonga Co-operative Federation, Pacific Finance and Investment, Tonga Water Board and Tonga Airport Limited.