Vatau Hui | |
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Minister for Internal Affairs | |
In office 10 October 2019 –28 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
Preceded by | Saia Piukala |
Succeeded by | Sione Sangster Saulala |
Member of Parliament for Niua 17 | |
Assumed office 16 November 2017 | |
Preceded by | Fe‘aomoeata Vakata |
Personal details | |
Political party | People's Party |
Vatau Mefi Hui (born 1970) is a Tongan politician and former Cabinet Minister. [1]
Hui worked in the education sector,as an assistant teacher at Niuatoutapu High School,then for the Ministry of Education and Tonga Institute of Education. [1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga as part of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands's landslide victory [2] at the 2017 Tongan general election. In May 2018 he pleaded guilty to failing to submit a report of his electoral expenses and was fined US$129. [3]
Following the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Hui supported Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa for Prime Minister,leaving the DPFI to join Tuʻiʻonetoa's new People's Party. [4] He was subsequently appointed to Tuʻiʻonetoa's Cabinet as Minister for Internal Affairs. [5]
He was re-elected in the 2021 election, [6] but not reappointed to Cabinet.
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