ʻAkosita Lavulavu

ʻAkosita Havili Lavulavu (born 1985) is a Tongan politician and former Cabinet Minister.

[2][4] She was re-elected at the 2017 general election,[5] after which she was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Sports.

[6] On 3 March 2018, Lavulavu and her husband were both arrested on fraud charges stemming from their management of the ʻUnuaki ʻo Tonga Royal Institute in 2016.

[9] While still awaiting trial,[10] in October 2019 she was appointed Minister for Infrastructure and Tourism in the cabinet of Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa.

[14] On 2 July 2021, she and her husband were sentenced to six years in prison by the Supreme Court of Tonga.