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{{Infobox
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Koloa Talake▼
| honorific-suffix =
| order1 =
| office1 = 7th [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]]
| term_start1 = 14 December 2001
| term_end1 = 2 August 2002
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| predecessor1 = [[Faimalaga Luka]]
| successor1 = [[Saufatu Sopoanga]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Alesana Seluka]]
| successor2 = [[Alesana Seluka]]
| term_start2 = 1993
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vaitupu]], [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|5|26|1934|6|7|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]
}}
'''Koloa Fineaso Talake''' (7 June 1934 – 26 May 2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Hon-Koloa-Fineaso-Talake/5342055#/|title = Hon Koloa Fineaso Talake 1934 - 2008 BillionGraves Record}}</ref> was a political figure from the [[Pacific]] nation of [[Tuvalu]]. He represented the constituency of [[Vaitupu]] in the [[Parliament of Tuvalu]] from 1993. He served as [[Minister of Finance of Tuvalu|Minister of Finance]] (1993-1996) and was the prime minister for a short period of time.<ref name="ML1">{{cite web| last =Levine | first =Mark | work=Outside|title=Tuvalu Toodle-oo |date =1 December 2002|url= https://www.outsideonline.com/1821146/tuvalu-toodle-oo| access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>
Previous to his political career he was the auditor of the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] colony (1973-1975), then auditor (1976-1977) and finance secretary (1977-1978) of Tuvalu.<ref name="RO2020">{{cite news|author1=|author2=|title=Rulers Index|url=https://rulers.org/indext1.html|publisher=Rulers Org.|date= 2020 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
As a member of parliament he moved the [[vote of no confidence]] that forced Prime Minister [[Bikenibeu Paeniu]] to resign in 1999.<ref name="RO2020"/>
==Prime Minister of Tuvalu==
Talake was defeated in elections in 2002.<ref name="IPU02">{{cite web| work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |date =2002|url= http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2327_02.htm| access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref>
▲He served as the seventh [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]] for nine months, 14 December 2001-2 August 2002, after defeating [[Faimalaga Luka]] in a [[vote of no confidence]].
==Significant issues during premiership==
In that time, he negotiated the sale of that country's Internet [[domain name]], [[.tv]], to an [[United States|American]] company
In 2002, he coordinated an effort, together with the leaders of
▲In that time, he negotiated the sale of that country's Internet [[domain name]], [[.tv]], to an [[United States|American]] company in order to bring an income to his resource-poor country.
▲In 2002, he coordinated an effort, together with the leaders of two other small [[island]] nations, [[Kiribati]] and [[Maldives]] to sue the governments of the [[United States]] and [[Australia]] for failing to ratify the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and for their [[greenhouse gas]] emissions, which the leaders claimed, resulted in rising [[sea level]]s that would eventually flood their countries.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web| last = | first =| work= BBC |title= Tiny Pacific nation takes on Australia|date = 4 March 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1854118.stm| accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
==Succession and later life==
Talake was not re-elected in the [[2002 Tuvaluan general election]] and was succeeded as [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]] by [[Saufatu Sopoanga]].<ref name="TO02">{{cite web| work= Tuvalu Online |title= Preliminary Election Results - P.M. Talake Voted Out|date = 26 July 2002|url=http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/2002/2002-07-26.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510100732/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archived/2002/2002-07-26.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 10, 2006| access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>
Having left office in 2002, Talake relocated to [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], where his children were living.<ref name="los">{{cite web
▲Having left office in 2002, Talake relocated to [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], where his children were living.<ref name="los">{{cite web| last = | first =| work= living on earth |title= Early signs: New Zealand's climate refugees|date = 31 March 2002|url=http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=06-P13-00013&segmentID=6| accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Politics of Tuvalu]]
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