Sione Teisina Fuko (born ~1950) is a

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n politician and former Member of the

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for the island of Ha'apai. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party. Fuko is from the village of Ha'ano on Ha'apai and was educated at

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and later at Faith International University & Seminary in

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. He worked as a schoolteacher at St Andrews High School in Nuku'alofa, before moving to the Bank of Tonga and then the

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. He was first elected to Parliament in

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. On 15 November 2006, he gave two speeches to OBN Television and at Pangai Si'i shortly before the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots. He was subsequently charged with two counts of sedition. On 25 March 2009 he was acquitted. In November 2009, Fuko was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Revenue Services. Unlike previous Cabinet appointments, he was not forced to resign his seat, and continued to serve as a People's Representative. Fuko ran for re-election in the 2010 election, in the

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constituency, but was unsuccessful.

References

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Living people Government ministers of Tonga People's Democratic Party (Tonga) politicians People from Haʻapai Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tonga-politician-stub