Tevita Poasi Tupou
Tevita Poasi Tupou | |
|---|---|
 Lord Tupou at the State Opening of Parliament in May 2015 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |  Tongan |
Tevita Poasi Tupou, 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.[1]
On 3 December 2010 the King appointed Tupou as interim Speaker.[2]
In October 2014, Tupou was appointed as Judge in the Appeal Court of Tonga, making him the first Tongan in the panel.[3]
Honours[]
- National honours
Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Grand Cross (31 July 2008).[4]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.nzkanivapacific.co.nz/2014/10/first-tongan-to-be-appointed-to-the-court-of-appeals/
- ^ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
 | This biography of a Tongan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
  | This article about a lawyer, judge or jurist from Oceania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Living people
- Attorneys General of Tonga
- Deputy Prime Ministers of Tonga
- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga members
- Tongan lawyers
- Government ministers of Tonga
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III
- Tongan people stubs
- Law biography stubs
- Oceanian people stubs