Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
Lord Veikune | |
Birth Name: | Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha |
Office1: | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
Term1: | 1999 – 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Lord Fusitu'a |
Successor1: | Lord Tuʻivakanō |
Office2: | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
Term2: | 2005 – 2006 |
Predecessor2: | Lord Tuʻivakanō |
Successor2: | Havea Tu‘iha‘angana |
Office3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Constituency3: | Vavaʻu Nobles' constituency |
Birth Place: | Kolofo'ou |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1944 |
Death Date: | August 2017 |
Spouse: | ‘Atilua Veikune |
Children: | 5 |
Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha (April 1944[1] – August 2017[2]), styled Lord Veikune, was a Tongan noble and politician.[3] He held the hereditary title of lord Veikune until 2006. He was a civil servant and later a member of the Legislative Assembly. He was appointed the speaker from 1999 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006.[4] He lost the speakership and his noble title due to conviction for tax evasion and bribery.[5]