Tupou VI of Tonga
b. 1959
King of Tonga
- Born
- 12 Jul 1959 · Royal Palace of Nukuʻalofa
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 Jul 1959BornBorn in Royal Palace of Nukuʻalofa
- 2000 – 2006RolePrime Minister of Tonga
- 2010 – 2012RoleAmbassador of Tonga to Japan
- 2012RoleMonarch of Tonga
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1959 – today).
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
Biography
Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga. He acceded the throne in 2012 and was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006.
The youngest child of king Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, he served as a military officer, politician and diplomat. Shortly after resigning as prime minister, he became heir presumptive on the accession of his elder brother George Tupou V, who had no legitimate issue. In 2008, he was appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia and resided in Canberra until his accession upon the death of king George Tupou V. His coronation took place in 2015.
Key events in Tupou VI's reign have included the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami and a constitutional crisis resulting from his dismissal of members of Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni's cabinet.
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