Filia "Phil" Uipi is a Tongan-American lawyer, real estate broker, and politician in Millcreek, Utah.
Uipi attended Liahona High School, where he was elected student body president and was also valedictorian of his graduating class.
For his final year of college he transferred to Brigham Young University's main campus in Provo, Utah.
[5][4] Uipi continued his real estate work with a focus on investment, purchasing and managing a number of properties.
[6][7] In 1992, Uipi returned to Tonga to attend the National Conference on the Tongan Constitution and Democracy, chaired by pro-democracy movement leader Father Selwyn 'Akau'ola.