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289:'Regional inequalities in socio-economic development in Tonga'
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206:(born 7 July 1944) is a Tongan politician who served as the
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447:, Knight Grand Cross with collar (31 July 2008).
425:with the noble title of Lord Sevele of Vailahi.
291:. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2003.
410:was appointed as Finance Minister on 20 March.
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204:Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele, Lord Sevele of Vailahi
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71:Acting: 11 February 2006 – 30 March 2006
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171:Maliana, Frederick Stephen and Pisila
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668:"King appoints new Finance Minister"
628:"Arroyo to host lunch for Tonga PM"
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259:, New Zealand, before going to the
227:Lord Sevele was born in Maʻufanga,
708:"Royal orders presented at Palace"
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768:ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho
578:"Tonga gets first elected leader"
249:Marist Brothers High School, Suva
235:in Tonga, then went to school in
107:ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho
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445:Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III
305:University of the South Pacific
303:, and as a councillor for the
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366:Prince ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata
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370:King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
330:World Trade Organization
301:South Pacific Commission
261:University of Canterbury
239:at St John's College in
192:University of Canterbury
119:Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
775:Prime Minister of Tonga
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389:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
179:Viliami Vaka'uta Sevele
56:prime minister of Tonga
1164:People from Nukuʻalofa
526:Sevele, F. V. (1973).
397:Asian Development Bank
374:Shirley Waldemar Baker
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338:public service strike
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404:Siosiua ʻUtoikamanu
251:. He then attended
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44:Lord Sevele in 2023
760:Political offices
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387:President
385:Philippine
283:degree in
267:degree in
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