(1959-07-12) 12 July 1959 (age 64) Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa, Kingdom of Tonga
Spouse
Nanasipauʻu Vaea
(m. 1982)
Issue
Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata
Names
ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho
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
Signature
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.
^"Tonga National Public Holidays for 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2015.
^"Crown Prince Tonga's first High Commissioner to Australia" Archived 17 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Matangi Tonga, 15 August 2008
^"Tonga's Crown Prince made High Commissioner in Canberra", Radio New Zealand International, 15 August 2008
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