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Viela Tupou is a Tongan civil servant. She has served as Tonga's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and as Tonga's Lord Chamberlain.
Biography
Tupou held the position of Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the late 1990s. In 1999 she was appointed Chief Protocol Officer for Tonga's diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom. She was High Commissioner to the United Kingdom until 2005.Personal life
Tupou was married to fellow civil servant Colonel'Aloua Fetu'utolu Tupou
Aloua Fetuutolu Tupou (died April 2005) was a Tongan military officer, diplomat and Cabinet Minister.
Tupou was the first Tongan to be appointed as the Commander of the Tongan Defence Services serving from 1977 to 2000. Tupou was the 2nd cousin ...
until his death in April 2005.
Honours
;National honours * Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III
The ''Most Illustrious'' Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III is a knighthood order of the Kingdom of Tonga.
History
The Order was established on 28 June 2008 by His Late Majesty King George Tupou V to commemorate the grand figure of his grandmot ...
, Grand Cross (31 July 2008).
References
Living people High Commissioners of Tonga to the United Kingdom Tongan civil servants Tongan women civil servants Dames Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tonga-bio-stub