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The order of succession to the throne of Tonga is laid down in the 1875 constitution. The crown descends according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture.Only legitimate descendants through legitimate line of King George Tupou I's son and grandson, Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga and Prince ʻUelingatoni Ngū, are entitled to succeed.
Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day.
Date Event 1918: 5 April: George Tupou II died and was succeeded by Queen Sālote Tupou III. 1965: 16 December: Sālote Tupou died and was succeeded by King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. 1970: July: Tonga regained full sovereignty and independence from the United Kingdom and joined the Commonwealth of Nations. 1999: 14 September: Tonga joined the ...
Prince Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho (born 10 May 2013) [1] is a member of the Tongan royal family, second in the line of succession to the Tongan throne as the eldest child and only son of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala. [1] Tāufaʻāhau is the eldest grandson of the current King of Tonga, Tupou VI.
The following is a listing of the sovereigns of the kingdoms in the Philippine archipelago before their dominions fell to either the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (mostly in the 16th or 17th century) or the United States of America (in the 20th century), and of their non-sovereign descendants that kept honorary titles.
The types of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines have varied throughout the country's history, from heads of ancient chiefdoms, kingdoms and sultanates in the pre-colonial period, to the leaders of Spanish, American, and Japanese colonial governments, until the directly elected president of the modern sovereign state of the Philippines.
In many Polynesian languages, including Tongan, the word tonga (Tongan:), [11] [12] [13] comes from fakatonga, which means 'southwards', and the archipelago is so named because it is the southernmost group among the island groups of western Polynesia. [14]
[3] [4] The president is directly elected by qualified voters to a six-year term and must be "a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election". No elected ...