In early 2011 the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Richard Marles visited Tonga on two occasions and was the first overseas politician to visit Tuʻivakanō since his election.
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Lord Tuʻivakanō was elected as a noble representative for the island of Tongatapu in the 1996 election.
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In 1991 he received a Bachelor Degree with Honours in Political Science after three years of study at the Flinders University of South Australia.
Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō - Prime Minister of Tonga (Voted in 2011 - Known as Siale Kaho while at College)
On 5 July 2012, he was appointed Minister for Health in Prime Minister Lord Tuʻivakano's Cabinet, following ‘Uliti Uata's resignation to join the Opposition.