Monarch Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Education Newington College | Successor Hon. Baron Siaosi Vaea Place of burial Malaʻekula | |
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In office 16 December 1965 - 22 August 1991 Predecessor Crown Prince Tāufaʻāhau Born 7 January 1922
Royal Palace, Nuku'alofa, Tonga ( 1922-01-07 ) Spouse Princess Melenaite Tupoumoheofo Veikune Issue Princess Mele Siu`ilikutapu
Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i
Prince `Uluvalu Takeivulangi
Princess Lavinia Mata 'o Taone
Princess Sinaitakala 'Ofeina 'e he Langi
Prince Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Died 10 April 1999, Auckland, New Zealand Children ʻElisiva Fusipala Vahaʻi Parents Sālote Tupou III, Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Similar Sālote Tupou III, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Viliami Tungī Mailefihi, George Tupou II | ||
Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake (Sione Ngū Manumataongo; born 7 January 1922 – 10 April 1999), was the youngest son of HM The Queen Sālote Tupou III and was educated in Tonga and Australia. Tu'ipelehake is a traditional very high-ranking Tongan title.
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Biography
Tu'i Pelehake attended Newington College, Sydney, (1941–1942) and Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, Australia. Fatafehi married Melenaite Tupoumoheofo Veikune (13 November 1924 — 16 March 1993) on the same day as his older brother, the Crown Prince (in that time still called Tupoutoʻa-Tungī) married Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe. That was the famous double royal wedding (taʻane māhanga) of 10 June 1947. He received the title Tuʻi Pelehake (Fatafehi) from his mother (Queen Salote) in 1944, and he also received the runner up highest title of Tonga of Tuʻi Faleua (king of the second house).
From a non-traditional side, he was conferred an honorary CBE. He inherited from his mother an artistic side; he was a well-known poet and composer.
His career was with his brother in the government. His first assignment was as governor of Vavaʻu (1949–1952), later of Haʻapai (1952–1953), next he held various ministerial portfolios in cabinet, until he took over as Prime Minister of Tonga when his brother had to vacate the post on becoming king in 1965. He remained in this post until he had to withdraw in 1991 because of serious health problems. His last years were spent in a wheelchair on a life support system.
He kept the both titles of Tuʻi Pelehake and Tuʻi Faleua for so many years, that they became synonymous with him. But after his death, only the former was conferred to his son, while the latter returned to the king.
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Besides his son who inherited his positions, he also had four daughters and two sons :