Tupou VI of Tonga Net Worth

Background and career

Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga. He acceded the throne in 2012 and was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006.

The youngest child of king Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, he served as a military officer, politician and diplomat. Shortly after resigning as prime minister, he became heir presumptive on the accession of his elder brother George Tupou V, who had no legitimate issue. In 2008, he was appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia and resided in Canberra until his accession upon the death of King George Tupou V. His coronation took place in 2015.

Key events in Tupou VI's reign have included the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami and a constitutional crisis resulting from his dismissal of members of Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni's cabinet.