Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano (born 12 August 1978) 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 diplomat, who is the High Commissioner of Tonga to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Ambassador to Luxembourg.

Biography

Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano has a BA in Anthropology in 1999, and PG Cert in Diplomatic Studies from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Her first career was as a news presenter, before joining the civil service in 2001. In 2006 she was appointed Assistant Lord Chamberlain of the Palace Office. From 2012 to 2018 she held the role of Chief of Protocol at the Tongan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Previously she studied at

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, Nukualofa, Tongatapu.

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accredited Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano as High Commissioner of Tonga to the United Kingdom on 27 June 2018. The role had previously been held by her father the Honourable Siosa’ia Ma’ulupekotofa Tuita, from 1989 to 1992. On 25 September 2020 she was also appointed Ambassador to

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- the first time the country has accepted a Tongan representative. On 16 December 2021 her letters of accreditation as Ambassador to the Netherlands were also accepted. On 4 August 2020, she formally deposited the ratification instruments for the

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together with International Labour Organisation Director-General, Guy Ryder, which was the first time an ILC convention was ratified by all member states. As a member of the Tongan royal family, her uncle is

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 ...

of Tonga and she is also the great-grand-daughter of Queen Salote Tupou III. Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano is Patron of the Tonga Women’s Rugby Association, and of the

Tonga Golf Club 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 ...

Personal life

In 2007 she became engaged to Major Siaosi Kiu Tau-ki-Vailahi Kaho ( to); they married the same year, on 30 April civilly and on 3 May religiously. They have three children, one son and two daughters: * Hon. Simon Tu’iha’atu ‘Unga George Ma’ulupekotofa Tu’ivakano (born on 14 April 2011 at Auckland City Hospital). * Hon. Michaela Mary Rose Halaevalu Tokilupe Hala-‘i-Vahamama‘o Tu’ivakano (born on 21 May 2012). * Hon. Fatafehi Lapaha Salote Koila Tu’ivakano (born on 1 December 2013).

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Popoaki Kilisimasi 'a 'Eiki Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tu'ivakano, Pataloni 'oe
(in Tongan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuita-Tupou Tuivakano, Titilupe Fanetupouvavau Living people High Commissioners of Tonga to the United Kingdom Tongan women diplomats Alumni of the University of Oxford Tongan royalty Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Tonga Members of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III 1978 births