Tēvita Fatafehi Puloka 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 politician.
Puloka runs a construction business.
He 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 ...
in 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 elections, four MPs were unseated for bribery.
Background
The 2017 general election resulted in a landslide vict ...
, winning the Tongatapu 1 seat from
Siaosi Pōhiva
Siaosi Vailahi Pōhiva is a Tongan 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 ...
.
He subsequently supported
Siaosi Sovaleni
Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni (born 28 February 1970), styled Hon. Hu‘akavameiliku, is a Tongan politician who served as the prime minister of Tonga from 2021 until his resignation in 2024. He had previously served as a cabinet minister, a ...
for Prime Minister. While offered a cabinet position, he decided to remain outside cabinet.
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References
Living people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Year of birth missing (living people)
Independent politicians in Tonga
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