Langi Kavaliku | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga | |
In office 22 August 1991 – 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Baron Vaea ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho |
Preceded by | Baron Vaea |
Succeeded by | Tevita Poasi Tupou |
Minister of Education | |
In office 1966–2000 | |
Prime Minister | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake Baron Vaea ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho |
Succeeded by | Tutoatasi Fakafanua |
Personal details | |
Born | 1939 |
Died | 3 December 2008 |
Senipisi Langi Kavaliku (1939 – 3 December 2008), styled The Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, was a Tongan scholar and politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister for 35 years, and was Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga in the 1990s. He was the first Tongan to obtain a master's degree and a PhD.[1] He was also the estate holder of the village of Ha'asini.