Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano (born 12 August 1978) is a Tongan diplomat, who is the High Commissioner of Tonga to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Ambassador to Luxembourg.
Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano has a BA in Anthropology in 1999,[1] and PG Cert in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford.[2] Her first career was as a news presenter, before joining the civil service in 2001.[2] In 2006 she was appointed Assistant Lord Chamberlain of the Palace Office.[2] From 2012 to 2018 she held the role of Chief of Protocol at the Tongan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[1]
Previously she studied at Tonga High School, Nukualofa, Tongatapu.[citation needed]
Queen Elizabeth II accredited Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano as High Commissioner of Tonga to the United Kingdom on 27 June 2018.[3][4][5] The role had previously been held by her father the Honourable Siosa’ia Ma’ulupekotofa Tuita, from 1989 to 1992.[3] On 25 September 2020 she was also appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg - the first time the country has accepted a Tongan representative.[1] On 16 December 2021 her letters of accreditation as Ambassador to the Netherlands were also accepted.[6][7]
On 4 August 2020, she formally deposited the ratification instruments for the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention together with International Labour Organisation Director-General, Guy Ryder, which was the first time an ILC convention was ratified by all member states.[8]
As a member of the Tongan royal family, her uncle is Tupou VI of Tonga and she is also the great-grand-daughter of Queen Salote Tupou III.[2][3] Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano is Patron of the Tonga Women’s Rugby Association,[9] and of the Tonga Golf Club.[2]
In 2007 she became engaged to Major Siaosi Kiu Tau-ki-Vailahi Kaho (to);[10] they married the same year, on 30 April civilly and on 3 May religiously.[11] They have three children, one son and two daughters:[2]