biography
| name: |
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
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pronunciation:
[towfa-ahow toopoh
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| male
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| lived:
| (1918– )
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| biography:
| King of Tonga, the eldest son of Queen Salote Tupou III. He studied at Newington College and Sydney University. He served successively as minister for education and health, before becoming prime minister under his mother in 1949. On succeeding to the throne on his mother's death in 1965, he shared power with his brother, Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake, who became prime minister. |
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