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Mateni Tapueluelu

Politician

Mateni Tapueluelu is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mateni Tapueluelu · 馬坦尼·塔布盧埃盧				[sources]
Birth date	2000				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Tonga				[sources]
Country	Tonga				[sources]
Citizenship	Tonga				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19605129				[sources]
Position	Legislative Assembly (member, 2014-2018) · Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga (2014-2021) · Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga (2022-) · Minister for Revenue & Customs · Minister of Police (2017-2019)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Tongan politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Revenue & Customs	-	-
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga	2022-01-01	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Semisi Tapueluelu Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7269a295-0458-43a6-a81e-7310e6cb16ea · us-cia-tonga-mateni-tapueluelu-minister-for-revenue-customs

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