Tupou IV

Tupou VI (Tongan: ‘Aho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is the current King of Tonga. He is the younger brother of King George Tupou V, who was the previous King. He became King on 18 March 2012.

Tupou VI
King Tupou in 2019
King of Tonga
Reign	18 March 2012 – present
Coronation	4 July 2015
Predecessor	George Tupou V
Heir apparent	Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Prime Ministers	See list Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Semisi Sika (Acting) Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa Siaosi Sovaleni
13th Prime Minister of Tonga
Term	3 January 2000 – 11 February 2006
Predecessor	Baron Vaea
Successor	Feleti Sevele
Monarch	Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Born	(1959-07-12) 12 July 1959 Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa, Kingdom of Tonga
Spouse	Nanasipauʻu Vaea ​ (m. 1982)​
Issue	Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata
Full name ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho
House	Tupou
Father	Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Mother	Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe
Alma mater	University of East Anglia University of New South Wales Bond University

Before he became King, he served as the country's Prime Minister from 3 January 2000 until 11 February 2006, when he resigned. He then served as the country's High Commissioner to Australia from 2008 until 2012, when he became King. During this time, he lived in Canberra before moving back to Tonga in 2012.

Family tree

Tupou family tree
Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua line Tuʻi Tonga line Tuʻi Kanokupolu line Kalolaine Fusimatalili George Tupou I Fīnau Kaunanga Fifita Vavʻau Tēvita ʻUnga Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Filiaipulotu Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha Lavinia Veiongo George Tupou II ʻAnaseini Takipō Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Sālote Tupou III Vīlai Tupou (illegitimate son) Tupou Seini Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe Siaosi 'Alipate Tupou, Baron Vaea Tuputupu Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi George Tupou V Tupou VI Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Sinaitakala Fakafanua Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
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