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'Aloua Fetu'utolu Tupou
Aloua Fetuutolu Tupou (died April 2005) was a Tongan military officer, diplomat and Cabinet Minister. Tupou was the first Tongan to be appointed as the Commander of the Tongan Defence Services serving from 1977 to 2000. Tupou was the 2nd cousin of King Tupou IV. He was also 2nd cousins with King Tupou VI. His Mother Hon. Luseane Talahiva Kupuovanua 1st cousins with the late Queen Salote the 3rd, Hon. Talahiva was adopted at birth to Hon. Akanesi Tuifua Veikune (older sister of Hon. Salote Heu'ifanga Maumautaimi Veikune Ahome'e who is the mother of the late Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho Tuku'aho). In December 1999 he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, taking office in May 2000. From London he also served as Ambassador to Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, the European Commission and the European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupou VI
Tupou VI (; born 12 July 1959) is the King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his brother (a bachelor) had no legitimate children. He served as Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, and resided in Canberra until the death of King George Tupou V on 18 March 2012, when ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho became King of Tonga, with the regnal name Tupou VI. Life He was born in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, the third son and youngest child of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. He was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge, from 1973 to 1977. He then attended the University of East Anglia, where he read Development Studies, from 1977 to 1980. He started his career in the military, joining the naval arm of the Tonga Defence Services in 1982 and becoming a Lieutenant-Commander in 1987. He graduated from the US Naval War College as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
