| Tevita Hala Palefau | |
| Office: | Minister for Education, Women's Affairs and Culture |
| Term Start: | 25 January 2005 |
| Term End: | 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Paul Bloomfield |
| Successor: | ʻAna Taufeʻulungaki |
Tevita Hala Palefau (born ~1958)[1] is a former Tongan politician and Cabinet Minister.
Palefu began his career as a teacher at Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Vava'u in 1979. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 1985, and completed a Masters of Science at the University of Technology in Perth, Australia in 1993.[1] He later completed a PhD at the University of Toronto in Canada.[2] From 1996 to 1997 he was principal of Taufa'ahau Pilolevu College in Ha'apai, and he was principal of Tupou College from 1997 to 20000.[2] In 1998 he was ordained as a Methodist Minister.
On January 25 2005 he was appointed Minister for Education, Women's Affairs and Culture.[1] [2]
He contested the seat of Vava'u 16 in the 2010 election but was unsuccessful. He subsequently worked as Vice President of Education at the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga.[3]