Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu (born October 28, 1949) more commonly known as Semisi Tapueluelu, is 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 politician. He is the father of

Mateni Tapueluelu Mateni Tapueluelu is a Tongan journalist and politician. He has worked as a correspondent for Radio New Zealand International in Tonga, then became editor of the '' Keleʻa'', the newspaper of the pro-democracy movement and of the Democratic Party ...

. After working as a prisons superintendent, he went into politics. His career in national politics began when he was elected People's Representative for the tenth constituency of

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in the November 2010 general election. Standing as a candidate for the

Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands The Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands ( to, Paati Temokalati ʻa e ʻOtu Motu ʻAngaʻofa) is a political party in Tonga. The party's leader at its foundation was 'Akilisi Pohiva. The party was launched in September 2010, and included s ...

, he obtained 26.6% of the vote, seeing off eleven other candidates. In July 2014 Tapueluelu was dumped as a Democratic Party candidate. He ran as an independent in the

2014 Tongan general election General elections were held in Tonga on 27 November 2014. All twenty-six elected seats in the single-chamber Legislative Assembly were up for election, although the monarch, acting on the advice of his Prime Minister, retains the possibility t ...

, but was not re-elected.

Honours

;National honours * Order of the Crown of Tonga - ribbon bar

Order of the Crown of Tonga The Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga ('' Tongan: Fakalangilangi 'o Kalauni 'o Tonga'') is an Order of Merit awarded for exceptional services to Tonga and the Crown of Tonga. History It was established 16 April 1913 by George Tupou II to rewa ...

, Member (6 July 2021).

References

1949 births Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands politicians Living people People from Tongatapu Members of the Order of the Crown of Tonga {{Tonga-politician-stub