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ʻAkilisi Pōhiva

1941 - 2019

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Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (7 April 1941 – 12 September 2019) was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his death in 2019. He was only the fourth commoner to serve as Prime Minister (after Shirley Baker in the 1880s, Siosateki Tonga in the 1890s and Feleti Sevele in the 2000s), and the first commoner to be elected to that position by Parliament rather than appointed by the King. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva has received more than 187,331 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). ʻAkilisi Pōhiva is the 15,215th most popular politician (down from 14,160th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tonga (up from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Tongan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 15,215 out of 19,576. Before him are Salim Ahmed Salim, Ayelet Shaked, Paul Matschie, Enlil-nasir I, Sylvain Van de Weyer, and Arnaldo Otegi. After him are Ding Xuexiang, Walter Lübcke, Joseph Saidu Momoh, Damiq-ilishu, Albert Rösti, and Prince Charles of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 467. Before him are Franco Nones, Darlene Love, Julio Anguita, Tamara Moskvina, Joseph Bessala, and Edo de Waart. After him are Javier Valdivia, Jean-Claude Magnan, Julio César Cortés, Anton Pronk, Viktor Anichkin, and Vicente Guillot. Among people deceased in 2019, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 372. Before him are Kjell Bäckman, Gianni De Michelis, Miguel León-Portilla, Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, and Artur Brauner. After him are Walter Lübcke, Béla Zsitnik, Shelley Morrison, Ivan Vutsov, Olavi Mannonen, and Sidney Verba.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 8 out of 13. Before him are Tupou VI (1959), Sālote Tupou III (1900), George Tupou I (1797), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou II (1874), and Feleti Sevele (1944). After him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Siaosi Sovaleni (1970), Paea Wolfgramm (1969), and Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tonga

Among politicians born in Tonga, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva ranks 7. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Sālote Tupou III (1900), George Tupou I (1797), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou II (1874), and Feleti Sevele (1944). After him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).

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