ʻAkilisi Pōhiva

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ʻAkilisi Pōhiva was a prominent Tongan pro-democracy leader and politician who became the country’s first commoner to be elected prime minister.

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ʻAkilisi Pōhiva canonical 3
Samuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf democracy activist
human
politician
advocatedFor civil liberties in Tonga
constitutional reform in Tonga
greater parliamentary powers in Tonga
causeOfDeath pneumonia
continentOfCitizenship Oceania
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Tonga
linked to: Tonga

Tonga
dateOfBirth 1941-04-07
dateOfDeath 2019-09-12
educatedAt Tonga College
University of the South Pacific
endTime 2019-09-12
familyName Pōhiva
givenName Samuela
hasGender male
honorificTitle Honourable
knownFor advocacy for democratic reforms in Tonga
opposition to absolute monarchical rule in Tonga
languageSpoken English
Tongan
linked to: Tonga
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
movement Tongan pro-democracy movement
name ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
nativeLanguage Tongan
notableFor being the first commoner elected as Prime Minister of Tonga
leading Tonga’s pro-democracy movement
occupation civil servant
politician
teacher
officeAssumed Prime Minister of Tonga
parliamentaryGroup Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
placeOfBirth Pangai, Haʻapai, Tonga
linked to: Haʻapai
placeOfDeath Auckland, New Zealand
linked to: Auckland
politicalAlignment pro-democracy
positionHeld Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Minister of Education of Tonga
Minister of Health of Tonga
Prime Minister of Tonga
regionOfActivity South Pacific
Tonga
religion Methodism
representedIn Legislative Assembly of Tonga
startTime 2014-12-30

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Prime Minister of Tonga officeHoldersInclude Samuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
linked to: ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa precededBy ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva name ʻAkilisi Pōhiva