Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho (17 March 1910 – 4 February 1962) was a Tongan nobleman and politician.Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Sione Fatukimotulalo Retrieved 19 May 2014 He held several ministerial posts, including serving as Deputy Premier.
Biography Tui'ha'ateiho was born Sione Fatukimotulalo, the son of Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Kelepi Fulilangi Havea (1874–1940) and Sinalauli'i Mafile'o (1878–1928). He was educated at Tupou College and Newington College in Australia, where he studied under the name John Fatu from 1919 until 1922.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999)
In 1923 he joined the civil service, working as a clerk.Hon. Havea Tui'ha'ateiho Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1962, p137 He became Governor of Vavaʻu in 1929, and then Governor of Haʻapai in 1932. In 1933 he married Leafa'itulangi Seumanutafa, the daughter of a Samoan Chief.
Tui'ha'ateiho joined the cabinet of Tonga in 1946 as Acting Minister of Police. In the same year he was appointed Minister of Lands and Works. In 1949 he became Minister of Works, before being appointed Deputy Premier in 1953, retiring from that post in 1960.
Tui'ha'ateiho died in February 1962 and was given a state funeral.
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