Tevita Poasi Tupou
Tevita Poasi Tupou | |
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![]() Lord Tupou at the State Opening of Parliament in May 2015 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga | |
In office 2000–2001 | |
Preceded by | Langi Kavaliku |
Succeeded by | Clive Edwards (acting) |
Personal details | |
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Tevita Poasi Tupou (born 27 July 1941),[1] styled Lord Tupou of Kolofo’ou, is a Tongan judge and former politician.
During his political career, he served as Attorney General, Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister. He also worked as a lawyer. In 2008, King George Tupou V elevated him to the title of Life Peer and appointed him Law Lord (judge) in the newly formed Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[2]
On 3 December 2010 the King appointed Tupou as interim Speaker.[3]
In October 2014, Tupou was appointed as Judge in the Appeal Court of Tonga, making him the first Tongan in the panel.[4]
In June 2015 he was inducted into the Tonga National Sports Hall of Fame for his services on the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee.[1]
Honours
[edit]- National honours
Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Grand Cross (31 July 2008).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lord Tupou inducted". Nukualofa Times. 5 June 2015. p. 10. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Guy Powles (2012). POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OPENS THE DOOR: THE KINGDOM OF TONGA'S PATH TO DEMOCRACY (PDF). Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific. p. 40. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Tonga king appoints interim speaker". RNZ. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "First Tongan to be appointed to the court of appeal". New Zealand Kaniva Pacific. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- Living people
- Attorneys general of Tonga
- Deputy prime ministers of Tonga
- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga members
- Tongan lawyers
- 21st-century Tongan people
- Government ministers of Tonga
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III
- 1941 births
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