Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi

Maʻafu
Siosaʻia Lausiʻi
Minister for Lands, Survey, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
Assumed office
4 January 2011
Prime Minister Lord Tuʻivakanō
Preceded by Lord Tuita (Lands, Survey & Natural Resources)
Himself (Environment and Climate Change)
Minister for the Environment and Climate Change
In office
July 2009  4 January 2011
Prime Minister Feleti Sevele
Succeeded by Himself
Member of Parliament
for Tongatapu
Assumed office
23 April 2008
Personal details
Born 1955 (age 6263)
Political party none (Nobles' Representative)
Spouse(s) Princess Lavinia Mataʻotahone Tukuʻaho
Children Hon. Tevita ʻUnga Lausiʻi
Hon. Lavinia Fangaʻaka Lausiʻi
Parents Hon. Tevita ʻUngamotangitau Lausiʻi
Hon. Peti Lausiʻi

Siosaʻia Lausiʻi,[1] but since his installation on 30 Oct 1997 with the noble title 10th Maʻafu (shortened for Maʻafu Tukuʻiʻaulahi, meaning Maʻafu put in the strong current, after a happening with an ancestor around 1820), better known as Lord Maʻafu (of Vaini), is a Tongan politician, former military officer, and member of the Tongan nobility.

He enrolled in the Tonga Defence Services on 3 March 1975, and was commissioned "the same year to become Platoon Commander of the Tonga Royal Guards". He served as a commissioned officer, rising to the rank of Commanding Officer of Land Force in 2000, before serving as Private Secretary to King Taufaʻahau Tupou IV from 2001 to 2006.[2][3]

He went into politics in 2008, elected to the Legislative Assembly as a Nobles' Representative for Tongatapu, receiving ten votes from fellow electors of the nobility in the general election in April.[4] In July 2009, he was appointed Minister for the Environment and Climate Change in Prime Minister Feleti Sevele's Cabinet.[5][6]

He retained his seat in the November 2010 general election, again receiving ten votes.[7] He was then appointed Minister for Lands, Survey, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change in Prime Minister Lord Tuʻivakanō's Cabinet;[8] legislation enacted in 2010 prescribed that only a Nobles' Representative could be appointed Minister for Lands.[9]

Lord Maʻafu, named as Tonga's new Deputy Prime Minister on 6 September 2017; had been Tonga's Acting Prime Minister since 1 September.[10]

Honours [11]

National honours
  • King Taufaʻahau Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992).
  • Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
  • General Service Medal (Bougainville).
Foreign honours

References

  1. Genealogy
  2. "Lord Ma'afu - Tonga's Lands & Environment Minister" Archived 2012-08-05 at Archive.is, Tongan government portal, 16 January 2011
  3. Biography Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. on the website of the Parliament of Tonga and another
  4. "Former Speaker Tu'iha'angana loses seat in Nobles election", Matangi Tonga, April 28, 2008
  5. Biography Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. on the website of the Parliament of Tonga
  6. "Only three nobles chosen in 'able' new Tongan cabinet", Pacific Media Centre, January 3, 2011
  7. "Vaea and Tu'ilakepa to enter House in Nobles seats", Matangi Tonga, November 25, 2010
  8. "First meeting of Tonga's new Cabinet", Matangi Tonga, January 5, 2011
  9. "Crown Prince not elected as Noble Representative" Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine., Taimi Media Network, December 1, 2010
  10. Matangitonga
  11. Government of Tonga
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