Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake

Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake
Prince Tuʻipelehake in 1969
Prime Minister of Tonga
In office
16 December 1965 – 22 August 1991
MonarchTāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
DeputyMahe Tupouniua
Siosaia Aleamotuʻa Tuita
Baron Vaea
Preceded byCrown Prince Tupoutoʻa Tungī
Succeeded byBaron Vaea
Born(1922-01-07)7 January 1922
Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Died10 April 1999(1999-04-10) (aged 77)
Auckland, New Zealand
Burial
Malaʻekula
Spouse
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(m. 1947; died 1993)​
IssuePrincess Mele Siuʻilikutapu
Princess ʻElisiva Fusipala Vahaʻi
Prince ʻUluvalu Takeivulangi
Princess Lavinia Mata-ʻo-Tāone
Princess Sinaitakala ʻOfeina ʻe he Langi
Prince Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tukuʻaho
FatherViliami Tungī Mailefihi
MotherSālote Tupou III
ReligionMethodism

Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake OBE (Sione Ngū Manumataongo; 7 January 1922 – 10 April 1999) was the youngest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. He was the prime minister of Tonga from 1965 to 1991, a record tenure of over 25 years, serving under his brother King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.

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