Semisi Tapueluelu Explained

Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu
Constituency Mp5:Tongatapu 10
Term Start5:25 November 2010
Term End5:27 November 2014
Predecessor5:none (constituency established)
Successor5:Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Majority5:6.0%
Birth Date:28 October 1949
Party:Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands

Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu (born October 28, 1949)[1] more commonly known as Semisi Tapueluelu, is a Tongan politician. He is the father of Mateni Tapueluelu.

After working as a prisons superintendent, he went into politics. His career in national politics began when he was elected People's Representative for the tenth constituency of Tongatapu in the November 2010 general election. Standing as a candidate for the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands, he obtained 26.6% of the vote, seeing off eleven other candidates.[2] [3] [4]

In July 2014 Tapueluelu was dumped as a Democratic Party candidate.[5] He ran as an independent in the 2014 Tongan general election, but was not re-elected.

Honours

National honours

Notes and References

  1. http://www.parliament.gov.to/about-parliament/members/people/203-semisi-palu-ifoni-tapueluelu.html Official biography
  2. http://www.parliament.gov.to/about-parliament/members/people/203-semisi-palu-ifoni-tapueluelu.html Official biography
  3. http://www.matangitonga.to/article/20101126_tonga_pesi_fonua_editorial.shtml "Election second round: in search of a Prime Minister"
  4. Web site: KINGDOM OF TONGA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 NOVEMBER 2010 . Adam Carr . 29 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Tonga Democratic Party dumps four MPs . Radio New Zealand International . 2014-07-18 . 2014-07-16.
  6. Web site: King's Birthday awards . Matangi Tonga . 7 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210708062723/https://matangitonga.to/2021/07/07/king-awards . 8 July 2021.