Tupou VI
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Tupou VI (Tongan: 'Aho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his brother had no legitimate children. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006 and as Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, and resided in Canberra from 2008,[2][3] until the death of King George Tupou V on 18 March 2012, when he became King of Tonga, with the regnal name Tupou VI.
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Tupou VI | |||||
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King of Tonga | |||||
Reign | 18 March 2012 – present | ||||
Coronation | 4 July 2015[1] | ||||
Predecessor | George Tupou V | ||||
Heir apparent | Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala | ||||
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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 (age 64) Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa, Kingdom of Tonga | ||||
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Issue | Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata | ||||
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House | Tupou dynasty | ||||
Father | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | ||||
Mother | Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe | ||||
Religion | Free Wesleyan Church | ||||
Alma mater | University of East Anglia University of New South Wales Bond University | ||||
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