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George Tupou V [a] (Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou; 4 May 1948 – 18 March 2012) was King of Tonga from 2006 to his death in 2012. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV .
The Constitution of Tonga is supreme law under which the Government of Tonga operates. It was enacted by King George Tupou I on 4 November 1875. It stipulates the makeup of the Tongan Government and the balance between its executive, legislature, and judiciary. The anniversary of its passage is celebrated annually as Tonga's Constitution Day.
Tuʻi Tonga, rulers of Tonga from c. 950 to 9th December, 1865, when the last Tu'i Tonga, HM Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, died. Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua, rulers of Tonga from c. 1470 to c. 1800. Tuʻi Kanokupolu, rulers of Tonga from c. 1500 to the present day. George Tupou I, the first constitutional monarch of Tonga, was the 19th Tuʻi Kanokupolu.
A later law would provide three months of hard labor as penalty for each of these offenses. [4] The Vavaʻu Code was strongly influenced by the George Tupou I's religious beliefs [3] and was supported by the Methodist missionaries as the king was a convert. It banned traditional festivals seen by missionaries as encouraging sexual promiscuity.
Early general elections under a new electoral law were held in Tonga on 25 November 2010. [2] They determined the composition of the 2010 Tongan Legislative Assembly.. The early elections were announced by the new King George Tupou V in July 2008 shortly before being crowned on 1 August 2008, [3] [4] and were preceded by a programme of constitutional reform. [5]
King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1.8.2011) [citation needed] Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III (31.7.2008) [1] Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho: King George Tupou V Royal Family Order of Tonga (1.8.2011). [citation needed] Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita :
In 1928, Queen Salote Tupou III, who was a member of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, established the Free Wesleyan Church as the state religion of Tonga. The chief pastor of the Free Wesleyan Church serves as the representative of the people of Tonga and of the church at the coronation of a king or queen of Tonga, where he anoints and crowns ...
In 2008, King George Tupou V elevated him to the title of Life Peer and appointed him Law Lord (judge) in the newly formed Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [2] On 3 December 2010 the King appointed Tupou as interim Speaker. [3] In October 2014, Tupou was appointed as Judge in the Appeal Court of Tonga, making him the first Tongan in the ...