ʻAkilisi Pōhiva

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ʻAkilisi Pōhiva was a prominent Tongan pro-democracy leader and politician who became the country’s first commoner to be elected prime minister.

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Label Occurrences
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva canonical 3
Samuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf democracy activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
advocatedFor civil liberties in Tonga ⓘ
constitutional reform in Tonga ⓘ
greater parliamentary powers in Tonga ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Oceania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Tonga ⓘ
linked to: Tonga

Tonga ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-04-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-09-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Tonga College ⓘ
University of the South Pacific ⓘ
endTime 2019-09-12 ⓘ
familyName Pōhiva ⓘ
givenName Samuela ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
honorificTitle Honourable ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for democratic reforms in Tonga ⓘ
opposition to absolute monarchical rule in Tonga ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Tongan ⓘ
linked to: Tonga
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands ⓘ
movement Tongan pro-democracy movement ⓘ
name ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ⓘ
nativeLanguage Tongan ⓘ
notableFor being the first commoner elected as Prime Minister of Tonga ⓘ
leading Tonga’s pro-democracy movement ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
officeAssumed Prime Minister of Tonga ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pangai, Haʻapai, Tonga ⓘ
linked to: Haʻapai
placeOfDeath Auckland, New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Auckland
politicalAlignment pro-democracy ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga ⓘ
Minister of Education of Tonga ⓘ
Minister of Health of Tonga ⓘ
Prime Minister of Tonga ⓘ
regionOfActivity South Pacific ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
representedIn Legislative Assembly of Tonga ⓘ
startTime 2014-12-30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prime Minister of Tonga → officeHoldersInclude → Samuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ⓘ
linked to: ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa → precededBy → ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ⓘ
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva → name → ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ⓘ