Prime Minister of Tonga

Prime Minister of the
Kingdom of Tonga
Prime Minister of the; Kingdom of Tonga
	Coat of arms of; the Kingdom of Tonga
	Incumbent; Fatafehi Fakafānua; since 18 December 2025
Appointer	King of Tonga
Inaugural holder	Tēvita ʻUnga (Premier); Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (Prime Minister)
Formation	1876 (Premier); 1970 (Prime Minister)

The prime minister of Tonga (historically referred to as the premier) is the country's head of government. Tonga is a monarchy with the king, currently Tupou VI, as head of state.^[1]

The office is currently held by Fatafehi Fakafānua since 28 December 2026.

List of premiers/prime ministers of Tonga

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term of office		Party		Monarch (Reign)
No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Start	End	Party		Monarch (Reign)
1		Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga (1824 – 1879)	1 January 1876	18 December 1879		Independent	George Tupou I r. 1845–1893
2		George Tupou I	18 December 1879	April 1881
3		Rev. Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836 – 1903)	April 1881	July 1890
4		Siaosi Tukuʻaho (1854 – 1897)	July 1890	1893
5		Siosateki Tonga (1853 – 1913)	1893	January 1905			George Tupou II r. 1893–1918
6		Siaosi Tuʻipelehake (1842 – 1912)	January 1905	January 1905
7		Sione Tupou Mateialona (1852 – 1925)	January 1905	30 September 1912
8		Sālote Tupou III	30 September 1912	30 September 1912
9		Tevita Tuʻivakano (1869 – 1923)	30 September 1912	30 June 1923
9		Tevita Tuʻivakano (1869 – 1923)	30 September 1912	30 June 1923			Sālote Tupou III r. 1918–1965
10		Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi (1887 – 1941)	30 June 1923	20 July 1941
11		Solomone Ula Ata (1883 – 1950)	20 July 1941	12 December 1949
12		Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa Tungī (1918 – 2006) ^[a]	12 December 1949	16 December 1965
13		Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (1922 – 1999)	16 December 1965	22 August 1991			Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV r. 1965–2006
14		Baron Siaosi Vaea (1921 – 2009)	22 August 1991	3 January 2000
15		Prince ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata (born 1959) ^[b]	3 January 2000	11 February 2006
16		Feleti Sevele (born 1944)	30 March 2006	22 December 2010		Human Rights and Democracy Movement
16		Feleti Sevele (born 1944)	30 March 2006	22 December 2010		Human Rights and Democracy Movement	George Tupou V r. 2006–2012
17		Lord Tuʻivakanō (born 1952)	22 December 2010	30 December 2014		Independent	George Tupou V r. 2006–2012
17		Lord Tuʻivakanō (born 1952)	22 December 2010	30 December 2014		Independent	Tupou VI r. 2012–present
18		ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941 – 2019)	30 December 2014	12 September 2019		Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
19		Semisi Sika (born 1968) acting	12 September 2019	8 October 2019		Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
20		Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951 – 2023)	8 October 2019	27 December 2021		Tonga People's Party
21		Siaosi Sovaleni (born 1970)	27 December 2021	9 December 2024		Independent
22		Samiu Vaipulu (born 1953) acting	9 December 2024	22 January 2025
23		ʻAisake Eke (born 1960)	22 January 2025	18 December 2025
25		Lord Fakafānua (born 1985)	18 December 2025	Incumbent

Prime Minister Of Tonga Media

Prime Minister's office in Nukuʻalofa

Notes

↑ Later King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
↑ Later King Tupou VI.

References

↑ "The Executive government " Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Tonga government

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[2] Later King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.

[3] Later King Tupou VI.

[1] "The Executive government " Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Tonga government

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Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tonga
Incumbent Fatafehi Fakafānua since 18 December 2025
Appointer	King of Tonga
Inaugural holder	Tēvita ʻUnga (Premier) Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (Prime Minister)
Formation	1876 (Premier) 1970 (Prime Minister)