Hon Tevita Hala Palefau
Minister of Education
Profile of the Hon Tevita Hala Palefau
Hon. Dr Tevita Hala Palefau was appointed a Minister on the 21st January 2005 to take over from the retired Hon. Paula Bloomfield who had been the interim Minister of Education since January 2002.
Dr. Palefau has a PhD from the University of Toronto, Canada.
He began his career in Education in 1979 as an assistant teacher at the Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Vava'u. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1985 from the University of the South Pacific and holds a Masters in Science degree from the University of Technology in Australia.
Dr Palefau was the Principal of the Taufa'ahau Pilolevu College in Ha'apai from 1996 -97, and the Principal of Tupou College from 1997 to 2000. He was ordained as a Reverend of the Methodist Church of Tonga in 1998.
