# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saufatu-sopoanga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:28:33.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saufatu-sopoanga"
name: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
slug: "saufatu-sopoanga"
description: "Saufatu Sopoanga was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries."
tagline: "Tuvaluan politician (1952-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saufatu_Sopoanga_2003_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-02-22"
deathDate: "2020-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.87455066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "萨乌法图·索波阿加"
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    title: "Σαουφάτου Σοποάνγκα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saufatu_Sopoanga"
    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saufatu_Sopoanga"
    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saufatu_Sopoaga"
    title: "Saufatu Sopoaga"
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    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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    title: "Saufatu Sopoanga"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump