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Lady Naama Maheu Latasi was influential in setting up the headquarters for the Girl Guides Association of Tuvalu in Funafuti following the creation of Tuvalu at the termination of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony. She was appointed the first Tuvalu Girl Guides Commissioner. She stood for election in the constituency of Nanumea in 1989 and was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu. Lady Latasi served as Minister of Health, Education and Community Services in the first Government of Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu. She served in Parliament from 1989 to 1997. She was married to Sir Kamuta Latasi, a former Prime Minister of Tuvalu. Lady Latasi died in 2012.