Tupou VI
| Tupou VI | |||||
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Tupou VI in 2019 | |||||
| King of Tonga | |||||
| Reign | 18 March 2012 – present | ||||
| Coronation | 4 July 2015 | ||||
| Predecessor | George Tupou V | ||||
| Heir apparent | Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala | ||||
| Prime Ministers | See list | ||||
| 13th Prime Minister of Tonga | |||||
| Term | 3 January 2000 – 11 February 2006 | ||||
| Predecessor | Baron Vaea | ||||
| Successor | Feleti Sevele | ||||
| Monarch | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | ||||
| Born | 12 July 1959 Nukuʻalofa, Kingdom of Tonga | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata | ||||
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| House | Tupou dynasty | ||||
| Father | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | ||||
| Mother | Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe | ||||
| Religion | Free Wesleyan Church | ||||
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia University of New South Wales Bond University | ||||
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Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga.
The youngest child of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, he served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006. Following his elder brother's accession to the Tongan throne as George Tupou V, he was officially confirmed as the heir presumptive on 27 September 2006, because his brother had no legitimate children. In 2008, he was appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, and resided in Canberra until the death of George Tupou V on 18 March 2012, when he became King of Tonga, with the regnal name Tupou VI. He was crowned in 2015 by the Reverend D'Arcy Wood.