'Aloua Fetu'utolu Tupou Explained

Aloua Fetuutolu Tupou
Term Start:13 September 2004
Term End:April 2005
Predecessor:Ulukālala Lavaka Ata
Successor:Sonatane Tua Taumoepeau-Tupou
Death Date:April 2005
Death Place:Nukualofa, Tonga

Aloua Fetuutolu Tupou (died April 2005)[1] was a Tongan military officer, diplomat and Cabinet Minister.

Tupou was the first Tongan to be appointed as the Commander of the Tongan Defence Services serving from 1977 to 2000. Tupou was the 2nd cousin of King Tupou IV. He was also 2nd cousins with King Tupou VI. His Mother Hon. Luseane Talahiva Kupuovanua 1st cousins with the late Queen Salote the 3rd, Hon. Talahiva was adopted at birth to Hon. Akanesi Tuifua Veikune (older sister of Hon. Salote Heu'ifanga Maumautaimi Veikune Ahome'e who is the mother of the late Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho Tuku'aho).

In December 1999 he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, taking office in May 2000.[2] From London he also served as Ambassador to Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, the European Commission and the European Economic Community. In September 2004 he was appointed Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Prince Ulukālala Lavaka Ata.[3] [4] He died in April 2005 of heart failure.[5]

Tupou was married to fellow civil servant Viela Tupou.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tongan Cabinet Minister passes away . RNZ . 18 April 2005 . 20 October 2021.
  2. Web site: TONGA APPOINTS HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM TO HEAD DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN UNITED KINGDOM . Pacific Islands Report . 22 December 1999 . 20 October 2021 . 20 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020061811/http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/12/22/tonga-appoints-husband-and-wife-team-head-diplomatic-mission-united . dead .
  3. Web site: TONGA NAMES NEW DEFENSE MINISTER . Pacific Islands Report . 15 September 2004 . 20 October 2021 . 20 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020061821/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2004/09/15/tonga-names-new-defense-minister . dead .
  4. Web site: Tonga's king appoints new defence minister . RNZ . 14 September 2004 . 20 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Tongan defence minister die . News24 . 18 April 2005 . 20 October 2021.