Taniela Fusimalohi

Taniela Likuʻohihifo Fusimalohi is a Tongan politician, civil servant, and Cabinet Minister.

Fusimalohi was educated at the University of South Australia, graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies. After completing a postgraduate diploma at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, he returned to the University of South Australia to complete a Master of Arts. In 2005 he completed a PhD at the University of Queensland on the topic of Culture-bound public administration : the value basis of public administration in Tonga.

From 1987 Fusimalohi worked as a civil servant, starting as a Senior Executive Officer in the Prime Minister's Office and rising to be a Principal Assistant Secretary. On 28 January 2025 he was appointed to the cabinet of ʻAisake Eke as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Communications and Climate Change, and Minister for Infrastructure .

He was re-elected at the 2025 election.