Tevita Lavemaau

Tevita Lavemaau is a Tongan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.

Tevita Lavemaau
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
10 October 2019
Prime MinisterPohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Preceded byPohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Minister for Revenue and Customs
Assumed office
10 October 2019
Minister of Finance
In office
6 March 2017 – 1 September 2017
Prime MinisterʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Preceded byʻAisake Eke
Succeeded byPohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Minister for Revenue and Customs
In office
30 December 2014 – 6 March 2017
Preceded bySifa Tuʻutafaiva
Succeeded byPohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Member of Parliament
for ʻEua 11
Assumed office
27 November 2014
Preceded bySunia Fili
Personal details
Political partyNone

Lavemaau was first elected at the 2014 Tongan general election and appointed Minister of Revenue and Customs. Following the resignation of ʻAisake Eke in March 2017 he was appointed Minister of Finance.[1]

In September 2017 he and Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni were sacked for disloyalty for supporting King Tupou VI's decision to sack the Prime Minister, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.[2][3][4] He was re-elected at the 2017 election, but not reappointed to Cabinet.[5]

In 2019 following the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva he was appointed to the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa as Minister for Finance and Minister for Revenue and Customs.[6]

References
  1. "Tonga Finance Minister resigns". Radio New Zealand. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "Lord Ma'afu Named Tonga Acting Prime Minister". Pacific Islands Report. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. "Tonga's Sovaleni flummoxed about sacking". RNZ. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "Tonga's caretaker PM Pōhiva sacks deputy and Finance Minister". Asia-Pacific Report. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. "Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king". Asia-Pacific Report. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ""Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet Ministers"". Government of Tonga. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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