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Tuʻi Tonga, rulers of Tonga from c. 950 to 9th December, 1865, when the last Tu'i Tonga, HM Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, died. Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua, rulers of Tonga from c. 1470 to c. 1800. Tuʻi Kanokupolu, rulers of Tonga from c. 1500 to the present day. George Tupou I, the first constitutional monarch of Tonga, was the 19th Tuʻi Kanokupolu.
Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is the King of Tonga.. The future Tupou VI was born at Tonga's Royal Palace as the youngest child of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, later King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu.
King George Tupou V Royal Family Order of Tonga (1.8.2011). [citation needed] Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga (31.7.2008) [1] King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1.8.2011) [citation needed] Captain Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita, 9th Tuita Knight Grand Cross of the Most ...
Dame Grand Cross of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household Order of Tonga [citation needed] Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho : King George Tupou V Royal Family Order of Tonga (1.8.2011) [citation needed] Princess Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga (31.7.2008) [citation needed]
The order of succession to the throne of Tonga is laid down in the 1875 constitution. The crown descends according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture.Only legitimate descendants through legitimate line of King George Tupou I's son and grandson, Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga and Prince ʻUelingatoni Ngū, are entitled to succeed.
The Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga (Ko e Fakalangilangi 'o Kalauni 'o Tonga) Established 6 April 1913, re-organised 31 July 2008 in 4 classes: Knight Grand Cross (KGCCT), Grand Cross (GCCT), Commander (CCT), and Member (MCT) [3] The Most Illustrious Order of Queen Salote Tupou III (Ko e Fakalangilangi 'o Ma'olunga 'o Kuini Salote Tupou III)
The Crown Prince of Tonga is the heir to the throne of Tonga.. The Article 32 of the Constitution of Tonga provides for male-preference primogeniture, meaning that the eldest son of the King automatically succeeds to the crown upon the monarch's death, and that the eldest daughter may succeed to the crown only if she has no living brothers and no deceased brothers who left surviving legitimate ...
The royal family and the nobles dominate and largely own the monetary sector of the economy – particularly the telecommunications and satellite services. Tonga was named the sixth-most corrupt country in the world by Forbes magazine in 2008. [65]