Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
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Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006. He was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 1949 to 1965.
Tupou in 1985
Tāufaʻāhau as a student at Newington College
The King with President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 1976
2 paʻanga coin commemorating Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV's coronation in 1967
George Tupou V
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George Tupou V was King of Tonga from 2006 until his death in 2012. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
…family by his bedside. His reign of nearly 41 years made him the fourth longest-serving head of state at the time. He was succeeded by his eldest son, George Tupou V. Following his death, Tonga entered a month-long period of national mourning, with the royal family and court observing a longer mourning period of six…
Tupou in 2011
The then-Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa with the ambassador of Taiwan, 1997
George Tupou V following his coronation, 2008
The coffin of King George Tupou V being carried to the tombs