Hon Malupa
Governor of Ha'apai
Profile of Hon Malupo
EDUCATION • West High School, Salt Lake City • Utah Business School, USA
PARLIAMENT HISTORY
• Elected as Nobles Representative for Ha’apai in 1993
• Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 2000
• Appointed Governor of Ha’apai in January 2001
• Member of the Standing Committee on Finance since 1993
• Was the Government Representative in the Special Parliamentary National Committee of the Kingdom of Tonga on Political Reform in 2006
• Executive Member of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Association 1999
OTHER WORK HISTORY
• Resided and worked in Alaska, USA for many years before returning to Tonga to pursue a career in politics
• Chairman of the Executive Committee to the Ha’apai Trade Show in 2005
PARLIAMENTARY VISITS
2005 – Part of the governmental and parliamentary team that travelled to the US, Australia and NZ to fundraise and promote the Ha’apai Trade Show
2006 – Travelled with the National Committee throughout the Kingdom in gathering submissions from the public for political reform
