Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu

Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu (born December 1959) is a Tongan diplomat and the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. Prior to her appointment on 12 April 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, she was Chief Executive Officer of Tonga’s Ministry of Tourism.[1][2]

Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu
'Utoikamanu in 2017
Personal details
BornDecember 1959 (age 60)
NationalityTongan

‘Utoikamanu is a graduate of the University of Auckland. She received her Bachelor of Commerce in Economics degree in 1980 and her Master of Commerce in Economics in 1983. She is married and has one child.

Prior to her appointment to the United Nations in 2005, she served in Tonga's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2002, then as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2005.[3] She subsequently served as her country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where she also represented the Pacific Islands Forum,[4] from February 15, 2005[5] to late April 2009.[6]

Her concomitant ambassadorial rank was that of Tonga's ambassador to the United States, Venezuela and Cuba, and High Commissioner to Canada,[7] from May 26, 2005.[8]

In April 2009, she stepped down from her ambassadorial duties, both in the United Nations and the four countries above, and was appointed Deputy Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.[9]

As Tonga's representative at the United Nations, ʻUtoikamanu emphasised the need to address the issue of climate change.[10]

References
  1. "Secretary-General Appoints Fekitamoeloa Katoa 'Utoikamanu of Tonga as High Representative for the Least Developed, Landlocked,Small Island States". United Nations. 12 April 2017.
  2. "INTERVIEW: FEKITAMOELOA KATOA ‘UTOIKAMANU" Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, Islands Business, July 8, 2009
  3. "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TONGA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", United Nations, February 15, 2005
  4. "52nd Commission on the Status of Women", Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  5. "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TONGA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", United Nations, February 15, 2005
  6. "Tonga's new Ambassador to the UN in New York" Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Matangi Tonga, April 16, 2009
  7. "INTERVIEW: FEKITAMOELOA KATOA ‘UTOIKAMANU" Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, Islands Business, July 8, 2009
  8. "Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu Presents Credentials", US Department of State, May 26, 2005
  9. "Tonga's new Ambassador to the UN in New York" Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Matangi Tonga, April 16, 2009
  10. "Statement during the Thematic Debate on Addressing Climate Change: The UN and the World at Work" Archived 2008-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations, February 12, 2008
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