Linda Simiki Folaumoetu’i is a Tongan lawyer and civil servant. Since 2019 she has served as Attorney General of Tonga, and is the first woman to ever serve in that role.
Linda Folaumoetu'i | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Tonga | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa Siaosi Sovaleni |
| Preceded by | ʻAminiasi Kefu |
Folaumoetu’i was educated at the University of Auckland, University of the South Pacific, and University of Melbourne.[1] She worked as a legal officer for Tonga's Crown Law Department from 1993. In December 2006 she was appointed Solicitor General of Tonga.[1] As Solicitor-General, she was responsible for the unsuccessful prosecution of pro-democracy members of Parliament over the 2006 Nukuʻalofa riots.[2]
From 2008 to 2014 she worked as a litigation advisor to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.[1] After returning to Tonga in 2015 she was appointed chief executive of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Relations.[3] In 2016 she was appointed to Tonga's Electoral Commission.[1][4] In June 2017 she was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga as a Law Lord.[5][6]
In March 2019 she was appointed Attorney-General,[1] the first woman to hold the position.[7] As Attorney-General she considered laying treason charges against people criticising Tonga's royal family on Facebook,[8] and met with Facebook over a proposal to ban the service from Tonga.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Kalino Latu (27 March 2019). "Linda Folaumoetu'i appointed Tonga's new Attorney General". Kaniva Tonga. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tongan MP pleads not guilty to abetting murder". Stuff. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Folaumoetu'i new ceo office of the commissioner for public relations". Kaniva Tonga. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "New appointments for Tonga Electoral Commission". Matangi Tonga. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "King appoints three new Law Lords". Matangi Tonga. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Three new Law Lords appointed by His Majesty". Kaniva Tonga. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Tonga gets first female Attorney General". RNZ. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tongan police could lay treason charges after royal slander on Facebook". RNZ. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tonga officials meeting Facebook in Aust over attacks". RNZ. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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