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Siosifa Tuʻitupou Tuʻutafaiva
Siosifa Tuʻitupou Tuʻutafaiva is a Tongan lawyer and politician. Biography Tuʻutafaiva has served as an advocacy, advocate lawyer in a number of high-profile cases. In 2001, he represented ʻAkilisi Pohiva, the main leader of Tonga's Human Rights and Democracy Movement, pro-democracy movement, when the latter was sued for defamation. Pohiva, a Parliament of Tonga, Member of Parliament, was the editor, owner and publisher of the ''Keleʻa'' pro-democracy newspaper, in which an article in late 1998 alleged that the Auditor General, Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, had lied and "altered the correct result of [an] independent examination". A jury found for ʻAkilisi Pohiva in the Supreme Court of Tonga, Supreme Court, on the grounds that the article was not Malice (legal term), malicious, and the Court of Appeal of Tonga, Court of Appeal upheld the judgment. He began a career in national politics when he was elected People's Representative to Parliament of Tonga, Parliament for the constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
Siale ʻAtaongo Kaho, Lord Tuʻivakanō (born 15 January 1952) is a Tongans, Tongan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tonga, prime minister of Tonga from 2010 to 2014. Descent and naming Tuʻivakanō was born in Niutoua on Tongatapu as Siale ʻAtaongo Kaho. His parents were Siaosi Kiu Ngalumoetutulu Kiutauivailahi Kao and Fatafehiʻolapaha Liku. He ascended to the traditional Tongan noble title of Tuʻivakanō (literally: ''king of the borrowed boat'') in January 1986 after the death of his father. As customary in Tonga, since that time his baptismal name is no longer used, instead he is referred to as ''Tuʻivakanō'' (without any further qualification), or in more formal surroundings as ''ʻEiki nōpele Tuʻivakanō'', nowadays translated in English as ''Lord (noble) Tuʻivakanō''. To distinguish him from previous holders of the title, his original name can be added in parentheses after his title. Tuʻivakanō is the grandson of a former speaker of the Tongan Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
