Havea Tuʻihaʻangana, styled Lord Tuʻihaʻangana, is a

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

n noble and politician. He was Speaker of the Tongan Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2008. Tuʻihaʻangana was first elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Tonga The Legislative Assembly of Tonga () is the unicameral legislature of Tonga. History A Legislative Assembly providing for representation of nobles and commoners was established in 1862 by King George Tupou I. This body met every four years ...

as a noble representative for

Haʻapai Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs, and shoals in the central part of Tonga. It has a combined land area of . The Tongatapu island group lies to its south, and the Vavaʻu group lies to its north. Seventeen of the Haʻapai islands are ...

in 1991. In February 2006 he was appointed Speaker, replacing Lord Veikune following his conviction on tax evasion and bribery charges. He lost his seat at the 2008 election. Following his election loss he was appointed Governor of Haʻapai. He was re-elected in the 2014 election. During this term he opposed the government of

ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (7 April 1941 – 12 September 2019) was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his ...

, tabling a no-confidence motion in 2017. He was re-elected again by the nobles in the 2017 election, and in

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Honours

;National honours * The_Most_Illustrious_Order_of_Queen_Salote_Tupou_III_Member

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 Tongan nobles Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Governors of Haʻapai Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tonga-politician-stub