'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho

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ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho
Prince of Tonga
Born	12 July 1959
Consort	Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho (Vaea)
Issue	ʻAngelika Lātūfuipeka Halaʻevalu Mataʻaho Napuaʻokalani Tukuʻaho Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho
Royal House	Tupou
Royal anthem	Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga
Father	Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Mother	Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe

Prince ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho (born 12 July 1959), is the younger brother of King George Tupou V of Tonga and officially confirmed by the latter on 27 September 2006 the Heir Presumptive to the Tongan throne.<ref>http://palaceoffice.gov.to/content/view/143/55/.</ref>

1 Life
2 Name and titles
3 Career highlights
4 Education
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Life

He was born as the the third son and youngest child of late King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. He started his career in the military, joining the naval arm of the Tonga Defence Services in 1982 and became a Lieutenant-Commander in 1987. From 1990 to 1995 he commanded the Pacific-class patrol boat VOEA Pangai and his time in charge included peacekeeping operations in Bougainville.

In 1998 he ended his military career to became part of the government, first as the defence minister and the foreign minister at the same time, from October 1998 until August 2004. He took over these posts from his elder brother Siaosi Tupou V, in that time still the crownprince and as such known as Tupoutoʻa (see below). Soon he was appointed, 3 January 2000, as the prime minister, a function he kept until his sudden resignation on 11 February 2006, for which the reason never has become clear. Apparently due to the unrest in the country since mid 2005, a series of pro-democracy protests calling for a lesser role for the royal family in government. His appointed successor, Feleti Sevele, is Tonga's first Prime Minister who is not a hereditary estate holder or a member of the aristocracy (made of 33 Noble titles).

ʻAhoʻeitu is married with a daughter of the high chief Vaea, Nanasipauʻu and the couple have 3 children:

ʻAngelika Lātūfuipeka Halaʻevalu Mataʻaho Napuaʻokalani Tukuʻaho
Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho (also written as Jiaoji ... Konftantin ..., it is not known whether this is a stupid spellings error in his birthcertificate or intentional)
Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho

[edit] Name and titles

It is customary in Tongan culture that princes get a traditional chiefly title, by which they then are commonly known (and no longer by their baptised name). As such for many years, until his nomination as heir apparent, ʻAhoʻeitu was known by either one or all three of the titles which were bestowed on him over the time: Lavaka from Pea, Ata from Kolovai and ʻAtatā, and ʻUlukālala from Vavaʻu. These titles may be used in any order, (the one belonging to the area from which the speaker is coming usually first). Nevertheless the sequences Lavaka Ata ʻUlukālala and ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata were most common.

Since his nomination as heir apparent, he got the traditional title of Tupoutoʻa, reserved for crownprinces, which his older brother had to give up, while two of his previous titles went to his sons. As such he is currently known as Tupoutoʻa Lavaka. His oldest son, Siaosi, is since to be addressed by the prestigeous title of ʻUlukālala, while his second son, Viliami, was bestowed with Ata.

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[edit] Career highlights

2006 - Resigns unexpectedly as Prime Minister and from his other cabinet posts.
2004 - Minister of Civil Aviation; Minister responsible for Communications; Minister of Defence; Minister of Marine and Ports; Minister of Works and Disaster Relief Activities
2001 - Minister of Civil Aviation & Minister of Communications
2000 - Prime Minister, Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Marine and Ports
1998 - Minister for Foreign Affairs & Defence
1991-1995 - Commander of the Navy, Tonga Defence Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defence

[edit] Education

1998 - Master of Arts in International Relations, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
1997 - Masters in Defence Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia
1995 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Studies, Australian Joint Services Staff College, Australia
1988 - Diploma in Strategic Studies, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.