Minute Alapati Taupo

Minute Alapati Taupo
Taupo in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade
In office
September 2019  23 May 2022
Prime MinisterKausea Natano
Preceded byMaatia Toafa (Deputy Prime Minister) Puakena Boreham (Fisheries) Taukelina Finikaso (Trade)
Member of Parliament
In office
September 2019  23 May 2022
ConstituencyNanumanga
1st Tuvalu Ambassador to Taiwan
In office
February 2013  March 2017
Succeeded byLimasene Teatu
Personal details
Born1 February 1962
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (present day Tuvalu)
Died23 May 2022(2022-05-23) (aged 60)
Nui, Tuvalu
Political partyIndependent
SpouseSeleta Kapua Taupo
Children3 children and 6 grandchildren
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Loughborough University
University of the South Pacific

Minute Alapati Taupo (1 February 1962 – 23 May 2022) was a Tuvaluan politician, diplomat, economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nanumanga electorate. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry.