Education
Fili graduated with a Bachelor from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.
Fili graduated with a Bachelor from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.
He worked as a lawyer and high school teacher before entering politics. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly as People"s Representative for ʻEua at the 1999 election. Fili was re-elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of ʻEua in the 2010 election.
He was appointed Minister for Finance in Lord Tuʻivakano"s Cabinet, to which was added the portfolio of Inland Revenue on September 1, 2011.
In a Cabinet reshuffle on 1 May 2012, Fili became Minister for Police, Prisons and Fire Services. Lisiate ‘Akolo was made Minister for Finance, and Sosefo Vakata was given the Revenue portfolio.
In late June 2012, Fili -along with two other ministersresigned from the Cabinet, so as to support a motion of no confidence tabled by the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands against the government. In July 2014 Fili was dumped as a Democratic Party candidate.
He is a former member of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement. In September 2009 Fili was the only member of the Tongan Parliament to support the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.