Prince Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tukuʻaho (17 June 1957[1] - 14 June 2014 [2][3]) was a Tongan politician and Cabinet Minister,[4] member of the royal family, and holder of the Tuʻipelehake prince title, one of the thirty three titles of the Tongan hereditary nobility.
He inherited the Tuʻipelehake title after his brother Prince Sione ʻUluvalu Ngu Takeivulai Tukuʻaho died in a car crash in the United States in July 2006.
In 1983 he married a commoner, Mele Vikatolia (Mary Victoria) Faletau, renouncing his princely title in order to do so.
[10] Mailefihi was a high level sportsman, being captain of the Tonga national rugby sevens team in the late 1970s.
It was that team which won the golden medal at the 1979 Pacific Games in Suva, defeating Fiji, the host country, in the final.