Taufa'ahau Tupou IV

Background

IV, Taufa'ahau Tupou Son of Viliami Tungi and Queen Salote Tupou III.

Education

Educated, Newington College, Sydney U. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Newington College, Sydney U., 1942.

Career

Minister of education, 1943. Minister of health, 1944-1949, premier of Tonga, Foreign Affairs, ministerof Agriculture, 1949-1965. King of Tonga, since 1965.

Revised Tongan Alphabet, 1949, established teacher's training college, 1944, high school, 1947, broadcasting station, 1961, government newspaper, 1964.

Achievements

• Taufa"ahau Tupou IV has been listed as a noteworthy King of Tonga by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First Chancellor U. South Pacific, 1970-1973.

Connections

Eldest; married Princess Mata'aho, 1947. Children: Tupouto'a, Pilolevu, 'Alaivahamama'o, 'Aho'eitu.

Father:

Viliami Tungi

Mother:

Queen Salote Tupou III

Spouse:

Princess Mata'aho

child:

'Alaivahamama'o IV

child:

Pilolevu IV

child:

Tupouto'a IV

child:

'Aho'eitu IV