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Enele Ma'afu
Enele is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Enele Maʻafu ( 1816–1881), Tongan chief * Enele Malele (born 1990), Fijian rugby union player * Enele Sopoaga (born 1956), Tuvaluan diplomat and politician * Enele Taufa (born 1984), Tongan rugby union player {{Given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enele Maʻafu
ʻEnele Maʻafuʻotuʻitonga, commonly known as Maʻafu, (circa 1816 — 6 February 1881) was a Pacific islander who held important titles in two countries in the Pacific. He was a traditional Tongan Prince and a Fijian chief nominated and installed by the Tovata chiefs of Lakeba and Vanua Balavu as 'Tui Lau' in 1869. This title was ratified by a wider council of Fijian chiefs and subsequently formalised under British colonial administration. In 1847, Maʻafu went to Fiji in an expedition to Vanua Balavu to investigate the killing of a preacher. A Brief History He was born in Tongatapu, Tonga, in 1816, as the son of Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupulu. In 1840 he married ʻElenoa Ngataialupe Lutui, with whom he had one child, Siale 'Ataongo, in Nukualofa. Also a Christian, 'Enele (Henry) Ma'afu introduced Methodist Christianity to eastern Fiji. Ma'afu died 6 February 1881 in Lomaloma, Vanua Balavu, and was buried on the island of Lakeba in the chiefly village of Tubou. The Begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enele Malele
Enele Malele (born 26 September 1990) is a Fijian professional rugby union player. He plays as a Fullback, Winger or Flyhalf for the Austin Herd in Major League Rugby, previously playing for Fijian Drua in the Australian National Rugby Championship and Fijian Latui in Global Rapid Rugby Global Rapid Rugby was an international rugby union competition that launched a showcase series for six professional teams in 2019, played in locations across the Asia-Pacific region. Rapid Rugby matches are slightly shorter than the tradition .... ”Austin Herd Signs Enele Malele” References 1990 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enele Sopoaga
Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC (born 10 February 1956) is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019. Sopoaga was elected to Parliament in the 2010 general election. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Environment and Labour in Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's short-lived government from September to December 2010. Following an unsuccessful bid for the premiership in December 2010 (with Toafa's support), he became leader of the Opposition to prime minister Willy Telavi's government."Tuvalu needs sustainable agriculture to cut import bill – Sopoanga" ABC Radio Australia, 18 May 2011 He became caretaker prime minister on 1 August 2013 following Telavi's removal by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
