Masasso Pāunga
Masasso Pāunga | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labor, Commerce & Industries | |
| In office 1996 – 26 August 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Baron Vaea ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata |
| Preceded by | Tutoatasi Fakafanua |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 1996 – 26 August 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Tutoatasi Fakafanua |
Giulio Masasso Tu’ikolongahau Pāunga is a Tongan civil servant, academic, and former Cabinet Minister, who served as Tonga's minister for labour and tourism from 1996 to 2004. In February 2025 he was appointed vice-chancellor of Tonga National University.
Pāunga was educated at Wesleyan University in the United States, before completing a PhD in economics at Daito Bunka University in Japan.[1] He worked as an assistant teacher at Tonga College before moving to Tonga's Central Planning Department. In 1996 he was appointed Minister of Labor, Commerce & Industries and Tourism in the cabinet of Baron Vaea.[1] He retained his cabinet position under ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata, but was sacked in 2004.[2][3]
Pāunga moved to the University of the South Pacific, where he worked as Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President for Regional Campuses and Global Engagement.[1] In February 2021, following the deportation of vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia by the behest of the Fijian government, Pāunga was appointed acting vice-chancellor.[4]
In February 2025 he was appointed vice-chancellor of Tonga National University.[1]
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