# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maatia-toafa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:49:02.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maatia-toafa"
name: "Maatia Toafa"
slug: "maatia-toafa"
description: "Maatia Toafa was a Tuvaluan politician, representing Nanumea, who served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Tuvalu. He first served as prime minister, and foreign minister, from 2004 to 2006, from the resignation of his predecessor, Saufatu Sopoanga, until the defeat of his Cabinet in the 2006 general election. From 2004 to 2006 he also held the role of foreign minister."
tagline: "Tuvaluan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maatia_Toafa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-05-01"
deathDate: "2024-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             0.4968944099378882
  historical:           17.74550133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "马蒂亚·托阿法"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maatia_Toafa"
    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
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    title: "Maatia Toafa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maatia_Toafa"
    title: "Maatia Toafa"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump