Havea Tui'ha'ateiho

Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho OBE (17 March 1910 – 4 February 1962) was a Tongan nobleman and politician.[1] He held several ministerial posts, including serving as Deputy Premier.[2]

Havea Tui'ha'ateiho
Deputy Premier
In office
1953–1960
Minister of Works
In office
1949–1960
Minister of Lands and Works
In office
1946–1949
Acting Minister of Police
In office
1946
Personal details
Born17 March 1910
Died4 February 1962(1962-02-04) (aged 51)

Biography

Tui'ha'ateiho was born Sione Fatukimotulalo, the son of Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Kelepi Fulilangi Havea (1874–1940) and Sinalauli'i Mafile'o (1878–1928). He was educated at Tupou College and Newington College in Australia,[3] where he studied under the name John Fatu from 1919 until 1922.[4]

In 1923 he joined the civil service, working as a clerk.[3] He became Governor of Vavaʻu in 1929, and then Governor of Haʻapai in 1932.[3] In 1933 he married Leafa'itulangi Seumanutafa, the daughter of a Samoan Chief.[5]

Tui'ha'ateiho joined the cabinet in 1946 as Acting Minister of Police. In the same year he was appointed Minister of Lands and Works. In 1949 he became Minister of Works, before being appointed Deputy Premier in 1953.[3] He retired in 1960.[3]

Tui'ha'ateiho died in February 1962 and was given a state funeral.[3]

References
  1. Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Sione Fatukimotulalo Retrieved 19 May 2014
  2. "Tongan trobled by our language". The Sun. No. 13779. New South Wales, Australia. 9 April 1954. p. 38 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1962, p137
  4. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999)
  5. "TONGAN PUBLIC SERVICE CHANGES (19 August 1946)", Pacific Islands Monthly, Pacific Publications, XVII (1), 1946-08-19, ISSN 0030-8722
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