Taniela Tufui

Taniela "Dan" Hoko’ila Tufui, styled Lord Tufui of Talaheu (died 19 April 2016) was a Tongan lawyer and civil servant. He was the first Tongan to serve as Solicitor-General of Tonga, and was later appointed to the Privy Council of Tonga.

Tufui was educated at Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, Australia before studying law at the University of Queensland. He returned to Tonga in 1964, - the first Tongan to hold the role. In 1971, he was part of the Tongan delegation to the first meeting of the South Pacific Forum, and to the South Pacific Commission Conference. He served as Solicitor-General until 1972, and was then appointed Secretary to the Government and Cabinet Secretary. In this role, he was Tonga's delegate to the Pacific maritime conference at Waitangi, Northland, where he opposed the New Zealand Seafarers' Union demand that shipping to the Pacific be staffed by New Zealand crews. He later led trade delegations to New Zealand,

After retiring from the civil service in 2001 he was appointed to the Higher Salaries Review Committee, and then in 2004 to the National Committee for Political Reform. In July 2008 he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga as a law lord, becoming Lord Tufui of Talaheu.

He died in Ballarat, Australia on 19 April 2016.