Tatafu Moeaki (44), the Chief Executive Officer CEO for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning has resigned from the Civil Service.

A spokesperson from the Ministry of Finance said that Tatafu resigned well before his contract expires. No reason was given for Tatafu’s early resignation, but it is understood he is taking up a new job.

Tatafu will vacate his post at the Ministry tomorrow, 15 July to take up a staff position with the Asian Development Bank office in Nuku’alofa, before the end of the month.

Tatafu became the CEO for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning in October 2013, taking over from Tiofilusi Tiueti who resigned to become an advisor at the World Bank in Washington DC.

Moeaki joined the civil service at the Central Planning Department in 1995 and took up key Government positions, including the first Head of the Policy and Planning Division at the Ministry of Education, and Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

Tatafu was also the CEO for the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour for over three-years before he joined the Ministry of Finance and National Planning.