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2005 Tongan General Election
General elections were held in Tonga on 17 March 2005. Only nine members of the 30-seat parliament were elected, the rest appointed by the King or were members of the Tongan aristocracy. The Human Rights and Democracy Movement won seven of the nine seats. 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho, son of the King, initially retained his position as Prime Minister, but he resigned in 2006, with the position passing to Feleti Sevele, one of the two independent candidates elected. Sevele is the first non-noble Prime Minister of the country. Results By constituency Aftermath By-election were held on 5 May 2005 to fill vacancies in Tongatapu and Niuas following the appointment of Feleti Sevele and Sione Haukinima to the cabinet. Former Police Minister Clive Edwards was elected in Tongatapu, and Lepolo Taunisila was elected in Niuas. A third by-election was held on 20 July 2006 for the Ha'apai electorate after Fineasi Funaki was appointed as Minister of Tourism. The election was won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Tongan General Election
General elections were held in Tonga on March 7, 2002, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Supporters of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HDRM) won seven of the nine seats for people's representatives. Voter turnout was 48.9%. Following the election, HRDM leader Samuela 'Akilisi Pohiva, 'Akilisi Pohiva was arrested and charged with sedition over allegations of royal corruption published during the run-up to the election. He was later acquitted by a jury. References {{Tongan elections 2002 elections in Oceania, Tonga 2002 in Tonga Elections in Tonga March 2002 events in Oceania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sione Haukinima
Sione is a given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name A – K * Sione Asi (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player *Sione Fakaʻosilea (born 1987), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Faletau (born 1988), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Faumuina (born 1981), New Zealand rugby league player * Sione Feingatau ʻIloa (born ?), Tongan politician * Sione Fifita (born 1990), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Finefeuiaki (born 1979), Tongan rugby league player *Sione Fonua (born 1980), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Fua (born 1988), American football player * Sione Havili (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player * Sione Houma (born 1994), American football player *Sione Jongstra (born 1976), Dutch triathlete * Sione Kalamafoni (born 1988), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Katoa (other), several people L – S * Sione Latu (born 1971), Tongan-born Japanese rugby union player * Sione Lātūkefu (1927–1995), Tongan historian and reverend *Sione Lauaki (1981–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Elections In Oceania
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Tonga
The politics of Tonga take place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the King is the Head of State and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Tonga's Prime Minister is currently appointed by the King from among the members of Parliament after having won the support of a majority of its members. Executive power is vested in the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the King in Parliament, and judicial power is vested in the supreme court. Tonga joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970, and the United Nations in 1999. While exposed to colonial forces, Tonga has never lost indigenous governance, a fact that makes Tonga unique in the Pacific and boosts confidence in the monarchical system. The British High Commission in Tonga closed in March 2006. Tonga's current king, Tupou VI, traces his line directly back through six generations of monarchs. The previous king, George Tupou V, born in 1946, continued to have ultimate control of the governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fineasi Funaki
Fineasi Funaki (1966 – 13 November 2010) was a Tongan politician and cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement. Funaki was educated at Tonga College and the Tongan teachers' training college, before studying at Brigham Young University–Hawaii. He was elected People's Representative for Ha'apai at the 2005 election. He was appointed Minister of Tourism in May 2006, and was reappointed after the 2008 election. In January 2008 he was accused of corruption after depositing a cheque from the Chinese Embassy to the Ministry into his personal bank account. A subsequent report from the Auditor-General found that he had broken the law by depositing a cheque from the Chinese Embassy into his personal bank account and recommended that he be asked to resign. Prime Minister Feleti Sevele refused the recommendation of asking for Funaki's resignation, blaming the misappropriation of funds on inexperience, but Funaki forfeited his salary for three months a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Niuas By-election
The Niuas by-election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005 to elect a new People's Representative to the Tongan Legislative Assembly. The vacancy occurred following the appointment of the incumbent, Sione Haukinima Sione is a given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name A – K * Sione Asi (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player *Sione Fakaʻosilea (born 1987), Tongan rugby union player * Sione Faletau (born 1988), Tongan rugby union player * Sion ..., to cabinet. The by-election was won by Lepolo Taunisila, who became the first woman to sit in the Legislative Assembly in twenty years. Results froMatangi Tonga References {{reflist 2005 elections in Oceania 2005 in Tonga By-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Niuas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Tongatapu By-election
The Tongatapu by-election of 2005 was a by-election held to elect a new People's Representative to the Tongan Legislative Assembly. The vacancy occurred following the appointment of the incumbent, Feleti Sevele, to cabinet. The by-election was won by former Police Minister Clive Edwards Clive Edwards (born 19 January 1953, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) is a drummer, who is best known as a former member of the British band, UFO (from August 1989 to June 1993). He also featured on the Bronz second album ''Carried By The Storm' .... Results froMatangi Tonga 2005 elections in Oceania 2005 in Tonga By-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Tongatapu {{oceania-election-stub pl:Wybory na Tonga w 2005 roku#Wybory uzupełniające ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Edwards (Tonga)
William Clive Edwards OBE (born 11 January 1934) is a Tongan barrister and politician who formerly served as a Cabinet Minister and Acting Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party. Life and education Edwards was born in Kolofo'ou, Nuku'alofa, Tonga. He was educated at Tonga High School and Auckland Grammar School in New Zealand in 1953 where he gained NZ University Entrance. He studied law at the University of Auckland and practiced in both New Zealand and Tonga before returning to Tonga permanently in 1994. He was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the New Zealand government in 1995 for services to the community. Political career Edwards began his political career in New Zealand. He stood in the Auckland Central electorate for the National Party in the 1969 and 1972 elections. He was later elected as an Auckland City Councillor on a Citizens & Ratepayers ticket. His political career in Tonga led him to be labelled "the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongan Parliament 2005
Tongan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Tonga *Tongans, people from Tonga *Tongan language, the national language of Tonga *Tong'an District, a district in Xiamen, Fujian, China See also *Tonga (other) *Tonga language (other) *Tonga people (Malawi) *Tonga people (Zambia and Zimbabwe) The Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe (also called 'Batonga') are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Zambia and neighbouring northern Zimbabwe, and to a lesser extent, in Mozambique. They are related to the Batoka who are part of the Tokaleya pe ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Tongan General Election
General elections were held in Tonga on 23 and 24 April 2008 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly. The nobles were elected on 23 April, and the nine people's representatives on 24 April. A total of 32,000 people turned out to vote, giving a turnout of 48%. 71 candidates had filed for the people's representatives' seats, among them eight women. All nine incumbents stood for reelection, with six retaining their seats. Most of the pro-democracy MPs were returned, despite several facing charges of sedition over the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots. Reportedly, all nine elected MPs were pro-democracy activists. These elections were the last ones before democratic reforms expected to be implemented in 2010, which would change the seat balance as follows: 17 MPs would be popularly elected, nine MPs would be elected by the nobles and four MPs appointed by the king. Viliami Uasike Latu requested a recount in Vava'u, the constituency he contested, as he missed out on the second seat the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feleti Sevele
Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele, Lord Sevele of Vailahi (born 7 July 1944) was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga from 30 March 2006 to 22 December 2010. Biography Early life Lord Sevele was born in Ma’ufanga, Nuku’alofa. He began his high school education at Apifo'ou College in Tonga, then went to school in Fiji at St John's College in Levuka on the island of Ovalau, and the Marist Brothers High School, Suva. He then attended St Bede's College in Christchurch, New Zealand, before going to the University of Canterbury where he graduated with a BSc degree in mathematics, and a BA, an MA and a PhD degree in economic geography titled '' 'Regional inequalities in socio-economic development in Tonga' ''. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2003. Career Upon returning to Tonga he was employed by the Tonga Commodities Board, then as chief economist for the South Pacific Commission, and as a councilor for the University of the South Pacific. He subsequently worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
