Tevita Lavemaau

Tevita Lavemaau
Tevita Lavemaau
Minister of Finance
	In office; 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021
Prime Minister	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Preceded by	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Succeeded by	Tatafu Moeaki
Minister for Revenue and Customs
	In office; 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021
Preceded by	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Succeeded by	Tatafu Moeaki
Minister of Finance
	In office; 6 March 2017 – 1 September 2017
Prime Minister	ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Preceded by	ʻAisake Eke
Succeeded by	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Minister for Revenue and Customs
	In office; 30 December 2014 – 6 March 2017
Preceded by	Sifa Tuʻutafaiva
Succeeded by	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Member of Parliament; for ʻEua 11
	In office; 27 November 2014 – 18 November 2021
Preceded by	Sunia Fili
Succeeded by	Taniela Fusimalohi
Personal details
Political party	None

Tevita Lavemaau is a Tongan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.

Lavemaau was first elected at the 2014 Tongan general election and appointed Minister of Revenue and Customs. Following the resignation of ʻAisake Eke in March 2017 he was appointed Minister of Finance.[1]

In September 2017 he and Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni were sacked for disloyalty for supporting King Tupou VI's decision to sack the Prime Minister, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.[2][3][4] He was re-elected at the 2017 election, but not reappointed to Cabinet.[5]

In 2019 following the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva he was appointed to the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa as Minister for Finance, Minister for Revenue and Customs and Minister responsible for Statistics.[6]

He lost his seat in the 2021 Tongan general election.[7]

References

"Tonga Finance Minister resigns". Radio New Zealand. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
"Lord Ma'afu Named Tonga Acting Prime Minister". Pacific Islands Report. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Tonga's Sovaleni flummoxed about sacking". RNZ. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Tonga's caretaker PM Pōhiva sacks deputy and Finance Minister". Asia-Pacific Report. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king". Asia-Pacific Report. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
""Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet Ministers"". Government of Tonga. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Tonga elects all-male parliament with nine new People's Reps". Matangi Tonga. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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[1] "Tonga Finance Minister resigns". Radio New Zealand. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[2] "Lord Ma'afu Named Tonga Acting Prime Minister". Pacific Islands Report. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[3] "Tonga's Sovaleni flummoxed about sacking". RNZ. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[4] "Tonga's caretaker PM Pōhiva sacks deputy and Finance Minister". Asia-Pacific Report. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[5] "Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king". Asia-Pacific Report. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[6] ""Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet Ministers"". Government of Tonga. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[7] "Tonga elects all-male parliament with nine new People's Reps". Matangi Tonga. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.