Late Dr. Sitiveni Halapua, former Member of Parliament
The Hon. Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni informed the House of Dr. Halapua’s passing.
(F-L) Far right (Late Dr. Sitiveni Halapua with some MPs during 2014 Parliament State opening of Parliament)
The prominent Tongan academic was a former Member of Parliament for Tongatapu 3 constituency, who was elected to Parliament in the 2010 general election.
The late Dr. Sitiveni Halapua holds a PhD in economics from the University of Kent in England. He was a lecturer at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji from 1981-1988 before taking up the post of director of the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East West Centre in Hawaii.
Dr. Halapua was a member of the National Committee for Political.