# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eselealofa-apinelu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:03:14.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eselealofa-apinelu"
name: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
slug: "eselealofa-apinelu"
description: "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."
tagline: "Tuvalu lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eselealofa_(Ese)_Apinelu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           37.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eselealofa_Apinelu"
    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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    title: "Eselealofa Apinelu"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5397562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump