Succession to the throne (Tonga)

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The rules of succession in Tonga ( English Succession to the Throne ) are in the Constitution of Tonga dating back to 1875 - set out - with adjustments in 1998 (Chapter 2, Paragraph 32).

The Tupou family is based on the three historical dynasties Tu'i Tonga , Tu'i Ha'atakalaua and Tu'i Kanokupolu . The monarch has descended from the Tu'i Kanokupolu line since 1875 .

Succession Regulations

The succession to the throne has to be in descent from David Uga and then from Wellington Gu and then their natural legitimate children. If there are no successors to Wellington Gu, he will succeed to the throne

  • in marital line
  • the oldest male descendant and if he has no descendant
  • the second oldest male descendant up to
  • last male descendants. If there are no descendants, then
  • in marital line
  • the oldest female descendants and if they have no descendants
  • the second oldest female descendant up to
  • last female descendants.

The successor follows in the line of David Uga

If there are no descendants, the king can designate a descendant, provided the representative of the nobility ( House of Nobles ) agrees. The successor must be appointed during the king's lifetime. The people have no say through their representation. If no successor is appointed during the king's lifetime, the aristocracy's representatives must elect one of their own to be king. If there is no new king as a result of this election, the noble representatives must elect another person as king. The succession must then take place in the lines of this new king.

According to the constitution, the succession of the royal family is infinite, ie there must always be a king in Tonga.

Heir to the throne

Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, Crown Prince of Tonga

The current line of succession (as of September 2017) is as follows:

Tupou IV (* 1918, † 2006); married to Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe (* 1926, † 2017)

  • George Tupou V. (* 1948, † 2012); unmarried
    • ʻIlima Lei Tohi (* 1947) - illegitimate daughter
  • Fatafehi ​​ʻAlaivahamamaʻo Tukuʻaho (* 1953, † 2004) - excluded from the line of succession in 1980 after the marriage of a woman from the people (and thus his descendants)
  • Tupou VI. (* 1959)
    • 1. Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (* 1985)
      • 2. Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (* 2013)
      • 3. Halaevalu Mata'aho (* 2014)
    • 4. Viliami 'Unaki-'o-'Tong Lalaka moe' Eiki Tuku'aho (* 1988)
    • 5. Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho (* 1983)
  • 6. Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita (* 1951)
    • 7. Salote Lupepau'u Salamasina Purea Vahine Arii 'Oe Hau Tuita (* 1977)
      • 8. Phaedra Anaseini Tupouveihola Ikaleti Olo-'i-Fangatapu Fusituʻa (* 2003)
    • 9. Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Tu'ivakano (* 1978)
      • 10. Simon Tu'iha'atu'unga George Ma'ulupekotofa Tu'ivakano (* 2011)
      • 11. Michaela Tu'ivakano (* 2012)
      • 12. Fatafehi ​​Tu'ivakano (* 2013)
    • 13.Frederica Lupe'uluiva Fatafehi ​​'o Lapaha Tuita Filipe (* 1983)
      • 14. Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina e Paepae Tian Tian Filipe (* 2014)
    • 15.Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita (* 1986)

literature

  • Tonga's Royal Family - Photographs from Royal Collections' , Vava'u Press, Nukuʻalofa 2015. (Information on the book mic.gov.to )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Act of Constitution of Tonga. Government of the Kingdom of Tonga. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Royal History. Tonga Royal Palace. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Tonga mourns King's son, but not in palace. ABC News, February 20, 2004.