Siaosi Pōhiva 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 and Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Tonga. He is the eldest son of former Tongan Prime Minister
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva and Neomai Tuitupou Of Kolomotua he is also a member of the
Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands.
Pōhiva has previously worked for the Educational Quality and Assessment Program of the
Pacific Community
The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories. The organisation's headquarters are in Nouméa, ...
. He was elected to Parliament in a
by-election
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following the death of his father in 2019.
In December 2019 Pōhiva was elected president of the
Tonga Rugby Union
The Tonga Rugby Union is the governing body of the sport of rugby union in Tonga. They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) along with Fiji and Samoa. There is a rugby union playing population of fewer than 800 out of a total p ...
.
He contested the
2021 Tongan general election
General elections were held in Tonga on 18 November 2021 to elect 17 of the 26 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
Following the election four MPs were unseated for bribery.
Background
The 2017 general election resulted in a landslide victo ...
, but was unsuccessful.
References
Living people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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