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George Tupou V

1948 - 2012

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George Tupou V (Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou; 4 May 1948 – 18 March 2012) was King of Tonga from 2006 until his death in 2012. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. After ascending the throne, George Tupou announced that he would relinquish most of the monarch's powers and be guided by the Prime Minister on most matters. A snap election in 2010 was the first to be called under the new system. Following his death, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Tupou VI. Having reigned for 5 years and 189 days, he was the shortest-reigning Tongan monarch since the declaration of the constitutional monarchy in 1875. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Tupou V is the 1,451st most popular politician (up from 1,621st in 2019), the most popular biography from Tonga and the most popular Tongan Politician.

George Tupou V was the King of Tonga from 1918 until his death in 2012. He was the son of King Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho.

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Among politicians, George Tupou V ranks 1,451 out of 19,576. Before him are Antiochus V Eupator, Urho Kekkonen, Astyages, Shang Yang, Hermann Müller, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant. After him are Kara Mustafa Pasha, Archelaus I of Macedon, Stefan Lazarević, Dolores Ibárruri, Hassan Nasrallah, and Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, George Tupou V ranks 30. Before him are Nick Drake, Charles Taylor, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Klaus Meine, Olivia Newton-John, and Marcello Lippi. After him are Henning Mankell, Patrizia Reggiani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Antonín Panenka, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Sauli Niinistö. Among people deceased in 2012, George Tupou V ranks 15. Before him are I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Theo Angelopoulos. After him are Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Clarke Duncan, Elinor Ostrom, Jon Lord, Ernest Borgnine, and Roger Garaudy.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, George Tupou V ranks 1 out of 13. After him are Tupou VI (1959), Sālote Tupou III (1900), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou I (1797), George Tupou II (1874), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Feleti Sevele (1944), Siaosi Sovaleni (1970), and Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tonga

Among politicians born in Tonga, George Tupou V ranks 1. After him are Sālote Tupou III (1900), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou I (1797), George Tupou II (1874), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), Feleti Sevele (1944), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).

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