Semisi Tapueluelu

Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu (born October 28, 1949)^[1] more commonly known as Semisi Tapueluelu, is a Tongan politician. He is the father of Mateni Tapueluelu.

Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu
Member of Parliament for Tongatapu 10
In office 25 November 2010 – 27 November 2014
Preceded by	none (constituency established)
Succeeded by	Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Majority	6.0%
Personal details
Born	28 October 1949
Political party	Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands

After working as a prisons superintendent, he went into politics. His career in national politics began when he was elected People's Representative for the tenth constituency of Tongatapu in the November 2010 general election. Standing as a candidate for the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands, he obtained 26.6% of the vote, seeing off eleven other candidates.^[2][3][4]

In July 2014 Tapueluelu was dumped as a Democratic Party candidate.^[5] He ran as an independent in the 2014 Tongan general election, but was not re-elected.

Honours

National honours

• Order of the Crown of Tonga, Member (6 July 2021).^[6]