ʻAmelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu | |
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Minister for Health | |
In office 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
Preceded by | Saia Piukala |
Succeeded by | Saia Piukala |
Personal details | |
Political party | none |
ʻAmelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu is a Tongan nurse and former Minister of Health.
Tuʻipulotu trained as a nurse, and worked in Australia and Tonga. [1] She received an Australian Development Scholarship to attend the University of Sydney, and in 2012 became the first Tongan to receive a Nursing PhD. [1] [2] After graduation, she worked for Tonga's Ministry of Health, becoming Matron of the Nursing Department at Vaiola Hospital in Tonga. [2]
In October 2019 she was appointed Minister of Health in the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa. [3] Tuʻipulotu was the only Minister from outside the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. [4]
In May 2020 she was elected to a position of Rapporteur on the World Health Organization's executive board. [5] In December 2021 newly-elected Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni replaced her as Minister of Health, reappointing her predecessor Saia Piukala. [6] In December 2022 she was appointed the WHO's Chief Nursing Officer. [7]
ʻAmelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu | |
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![]() | |
Minister for Health | |
In office 10 October 2019 – 28 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
Preceded by | Saia Piukala |
Succeeded by | Saia Piukala |
Personal details | |
Political party | none |
ʻAmelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu is a Tongan nurse and former Minister of Health.
Tuʻipulotu trained as a nurse, and worked in Australia and Tonga. [1] She received an Australian Development Scholarship to attend the University of Sydney, and in 2012 became the first Tongan to receive a Nursing PhD. [1] [2] After graduation, she worked for Tonga's Ministry of Health, becoming Matron of the Nursing Department at Vaiola Hospital in Tonga. [2]
In October 2019 she was appointed Minister of Health in the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa. [3] Tuʻipulotu was the only Minister from outside the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. [4]
In May 2020 she was elected to a position of Rapporteur on the World Health Organization's executive board. [5] In December 2021 newly-elected Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni replaced her as Minister of Health, reappointing her predecessor Saia Piukala. [6] In December 2022 she was appointed the WHO's Chief Nursing Officer. [7]