Tēvita Tonga Mohenoa Puloka (26 November 1946 - 4 August 2022) was a

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

n academic and religious leader. From 2018 to 2021 he served as Governor of Haʻapai. From 2005 to 2010, Puloka was the principal of Siaʻatoutai Theological College. Puloka served as a director of the

Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (FWCT; Tongan: ''Siasi Uēsiliana Tau‘atāina ‘o Tonga'') is a Methodist denomination in Tonga. It is the largest Christian denomination in the nation and is often mistaken to be its state church. It has it ...

. In 2013 when eight ministers were caught misusing church funds he pushed for accountability and for ministers to be insulated from financial matters. In 2014 he opposed a strike by the Tongan Public Service Association as it would threaten the economy. In November 2017 he was appointed to the Tonga Tradition Committee by

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 ...

. He later released a book in 2017 on his upbringing. In June 2018 he was appointed Governor of Ha’apai. As Governor he was responsible for disaster management for Cyclone Tino. He was replaced as Governor by Viliami Hingano in January 2021.

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* 1946 births 2022 deaths Governors of Haʻapai Tongan academics 21st-century Tongan people Tongan Christian clergy {{Tonga-bio-stub