Phil Uipi

Phil Uipi
Member of the Utah House of Representatives
In office
1992–1994
Personal details
PartyRepublican
RelationsDoug Fiefia (nephew)

Filia "Phil" Uipi is a Tongan-American lawyer, real estate broker, and politician in Millcreek, Utah. He was the first Pacific Islander to be elected to the Utah State Legislature and remains the only Tongan-born person to have been elected. As of 2010, he remained the only Tongan elected to statewide office in the country.

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