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Hu'akavameiliku

PEP · Politician

Hu'akavameiliku 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	Hu'akavameiliku · Siaosi 'Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni · Siaosi Sovaleni · Σιαόσι Σοβαλένι · Сиаоси Совалени · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Siaosi 'Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni · Siaosi ʻOfakivahafolau Sovaleni · Совалени, Сиаоси				[sources]
Weak alias	シアオシ・ソバレニ · シアオシ・ソヴァレニ · シャオシ・ソヴァレニ · 蕭西·蘇發萊尼				[sources]
Birth date	1970-02-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Tongatapu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Tonga				[sources]
Citizenship	Tonga				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Political association	independent politician				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19631293				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga (2014-2017) · Legislative Assembly (member, 2014-2018) · Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga (2014-) · Minister for Education and Training (2019-) · Minister for Health · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Timaru Boys' High School · University of Oxford · University of the South Pacific				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Prime Minister of Tonga from 2021 to 2024

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-19

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prime Minister of Tonga	2021-12-27	2024-12-09

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,933

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,442

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata327,982

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,278

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-ab1456fe-78b7-4d3c-bdf7-5a46e6e213c0 · NK-7UyCYZaYjNb4DxmtcSeTB4 · us-cia-tonga-siaosi-sovaleni-minister-for-public-enterprises · us-cia-tonga-siaosi-sovaleni-minister-for-health

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