Puakena Boreham

Puakena Boreham is a medical practitioner who became a Tuvaluan politician, when she was elected to represent Nui in the Tuvaluan general election, 2015. She was appointed as the Minister of Works and Natural Resources in August 2016.
Dr Boreham is the third woman to be elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu: following Naama Maheu Latasi (1989 to 1997); and Pelenike Isaia (2011 to 2015).
Dr Boreham studied at the Fiji School of Medicine and graduated in 1998. She has worked for the Tuvaluan Ministry of Health at the Princess Margaret Hospital as an anaesthetist and as the Medical Superintendent. In 2014 she carried out post-graduate study at the Australian National University in global health diplomacy, global health and foreign policy.