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Veikune
Veikune is a surname and Tongan hereditary title. Notable people with the surname include: * David Veikune (born 1985), American football player * Viliami Veasiʻi Veikune, Tongan noble and politician * Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha, Lord Veikune until 2006 {{Surname Tongan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Veikune
David Fa'otusia Veikune (born December 12, 1985) is a former American football defensive end. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Hawaii. He has also played for the Denver Broncos of the NFL, the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League (AFL). Early life Veikune played high school football at Campbell High School in 'Ewa Beach, Hawai'i. As a senior, he posted 92 tackles, 26 tfl's and 16.5 sacks.Top games: in a win over Waianae his senior year, he had 17 total stops (six solo), three tackles for loss, seven sacks, one forced fumble, one recovered fumble and a blocked PAT; against Leilehua that season he finished with 21 tackles (six solo), with one forced fumble and one recovered fumble. He was named 1st team by the Star Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser. An interesting accolade Veikune earned his junior and senior year wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha
Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha (April 1944 – August 2017), styled Lord Veikune, was a Tongan noble A noble is a member of the nobility. Noble may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Noble Glacier, King George Island * Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land * Noble Peak, Wiencke Island * Noble Rocks, Graham Land Australia * Noble Island, Gr ... and politician. He held the hereditary title of lord Veikune until 2006. He was a civil servant and later a member of the Legislative Assembly. He was appointed the speaker from 1999 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006. He lost the speakership and his noble title due to conviction for tax evasion and bribery. References Tongan nobles Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Tongan politicians convicted of crimes 1944 births 2017 deaths People from Tongatapu {{Tonga-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongan Nobles
There are 33 traditional noble titles in the modern Kingdom of Tonga. They are all estate holders. Twenty titles were established by Siaosi Tupou I with the Constitution of 1875. In 1880 he added 11 more. Tupou II created the titles Lasike in 1894 and Veikune in 1903. Sālote Tupou III made in 1921 the title of Tupoutoʻa. In the beginning it was forbidden for a noble to have more than one title. Later this was made possible. Some of the great chiefs who missed out on a noble's title (in 1910) were among others: ʻAlipate Mafileʻo of Kolomotuʻa, SA Sipu of Kolomotuʻa, Iki Lolohea of Haʻapai (but later inherited the Fulivai), Tēvita Tapueluelu of Vavaʻu, SF Tafolo, Tēvita Ula Afuhaʻamango of Vavaʻu, Siosiua Niutupuʻivaha Kaho (but later inherited the Tuʻivakanō). These unacknowledged chiefs were still lords in the traditional sense. However their influence slowly decreased with each passing generation. Queen Sālote acknowledged this in some of her public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viliami Veasiʻi Veikune
Viliami Veasii Veikune, styled Lord Tuihaateiho is a Tongan noble, politician, and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. He is the 15th person to hold the Tuihaateiho title, and was appointed to it on 5 June 2004. He grew up and was educated in Hawaii & Alaska."Lord Havea Tuihaateiho" Parliament of Tonga He served for a time as Chairman of the Tonga Body Builders Association. Tuihaateiho was elected as a noble representative for Ha'apai in the 2005 and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
