[2] In 2002 he was appointed to the cabinet of Tonga with the title minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Nutrition.

In May 2006 he was appointed as Minister of Lands Survey, Natural Resources and Environment in a Cabinet reshuffle.

[4] In 2010, he was appointed as Tongan Consul General to the United States again, with an office based out of San Francisco, California.

He currently lives with his wife, Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita, and their family, dividing their time between residences in Tau'akipulu and Hillsborough, California.

They are the parents of four daughters: and a son, whom they adopted from her brother Prince Fatafehi ʻAlaivahamamaʻo Tukuʻaho (27 September 1979 – 17 February 2004) :