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Taniela "Dan" Hoko’ila Tufui, styled Lord Tufui of Talaheu (died 19 April 2016) was a
Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Grand Cross (31 July 2008).
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 lawyer and civil servant. He was the first Tongan to serve as Solicitor-General of Tonga, and was later appointed to the Privy Council of Tonga.
Tufui was educated at Marist College Ashgrove
, motto_translation = Act Courageously
, location = Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland
, country = Australia
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in Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
, Australia before studying law at the University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
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, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
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. He returned to Tonga in 1964, and was appointed Solicitor-General the following year - the first Tongan to hold the role. In 1971, he was part of the Tongan delegation to the first meeting of the South Pacific Forum
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, and to the South Pacific Commission
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Conference. He served as Solicitor-General until 1972, and was then appointed Secretary to the Government and Cabinet Secretary. In this role, he was Tonga's delegate to the Pacific maritime conference at Waitangi, Northland
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, where he opposed the New Zealand Seafarers' Union demand that shipping to the Pacific be staffed by New Zealand crews. He later led trade delegations to New Zealand, and served as chair of the board of Pacific Forum Line
Pacific Forum Line (PFL) is a regional shipping line in Polynesia. Established in 1976 by the Pacific Islands Forum to ensure a regional shipping service, it was purchased in 2012 by the government of Samoa. It is currently operated as a joint ven ...
.
After retiring from the civil service in 2001 he was appointed to the Higher Salaries Review Committee, and then in 2004 to the National Committee for Political Reform. In October 2006 he served briefly as Chief Justice of Tonga
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* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
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while Anthony Ford was in New Zealand. In July 2008 he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga as a law lord, becoming Lord Tufui of Talaheu.
He died in Ballarat, Australia on 19 April 2016.
Honours
;National honours * Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Grand Cross (31 July 2008).
References
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