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ʻAkilisi Pōhiva

1941 - 2019

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Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (7 April 1941 – 12 September 2019) was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his death in 2019. He was only the fourth commoner to serve as Prime Minister (after Shirley Baker in the 1880s, Siosateki Tonga in the 1890s and Feleti Sevele in the 2000s), and the first commoner to be elected to that position by Parliament rather than appointed by the King. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. ʻAkilisi Pōhiva is the 6,404th most popular politician (up from 15,213th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Tonga (up from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tongan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 6,404 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Kellner, Emperor Go-Ichijō, Viola Amherd, Pierre Gemayel, King Zhao of Zhou, and Morihiro Hosokawa. After him are Johan Ferrier, Rómulo Betancourt, Antipope Benedict X, Icel of Mercia, Leonardo Loredan, and Nouhak Phoumsavanh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 143. Before him are David Warner, Stacy Keach, Senta Berger, Suzanne Mubarak, Goh Chok Tong, and Barbara Brylska. After him are G. A. Cohen, Dan Shechtman, David Hemmings, Robert Wilson, Abdiqasim Salad, and Renato Corsetti. Among people deceased in 2019, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 101. Before him are William Levada, Šaban Šaulić, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jan-Michael Vincent, Stanley Donen, and Luke Perry. After him are Tomi Ungerer, Yukiya Amano, Lee Iacocca, György Konrád, Bobby Joe Long, and Jessye Norman.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 4 out of 13. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tupou VI (1959), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are 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, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 3. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are 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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