Prime Minister of Tonga
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]
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga | |
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Appointer | King of Tonga |
Inaugural holder | Tēvita ʻUnga (Premier) Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (Prime Minister) |
Formation | 1876 (Premier) 1970 (Prime Minister) |
The office is currently held by Siaosi Sovaleni since December 2021.
List of premiers/prime ministers of Tonga (1876–present)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Monarch |
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1 | Tēvita ʻUnga (c. 1824–1879) | Crown Prince1 January 1876 | 18 December 1879 † | 3 years, 351 days | Independent | George Tupou I | |
Vacant (18 December 1879 – April 1881) | |||||||
2 | Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836–1903) | Rev.April 1881 | July 1890 | 9 years, 3 months | Independent | George Tupou I | |
3 | Siaosi Tukuʻaho (1854–1897) | July 1890 | 1893 | 2–3 years | Independent | George Tupou I | |
4 | Siosateki Veikune (1853–1913) | 1893 | January 1905 | 11–12 years | Independent | George Tupou II | |
5 | Siaosi Tuʻi Pelehake (1842–1912) | January 1905 | January 1905 | 0 months | Independent | George Tupou II | |
6 | Sione Tupou Mateialona (1852–1925) | January 1905 | 30 September 1912 | 7 years, 7 months | Independent | George Tupou II | |
7 | Tevita Tuʻivakano (1869–1923) | 30 September 1912 | 30 June 1923 | 10 years, 304 days | Independent | George Tupou II Sālote Tupou III | |
8 | Viliami Tungī Mailefihi (1887–1941) | Prince30 June 1923 | 20 July 1941 | 18 years, 20 days | Independent | Sālote Tupou III | |
9 | Solomone Ula Ata (1883–1950) | 20 July 1941 | 12 December 1949 | 8 years, 145 days | Independent | Sālote Tupou III | |
10 | Taufa'ahau Tungi (1918–2006) [a] | Crown Prince12 December 1949 | 16 December 1965 | 16 years, 4 days | Independent | Sālote Tupou III | |
11 | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (1922–1999) | Prince16 December 1965 | 22 August 1991 | 25 years, 249 days | Independent | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | |
12 | Siaosi Tuʻihala ʻAlipate Vaea Tupou (1921–2009) | Baron22 August 1991 | 3 January 2000 | 8 years, 134 days | Independent | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | |
13 | ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho (born 1959) [b] | Prince3 January 2000 | 11 February 2006 | 6 years, 39 days | Independent | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | |
Feleti Sevele (born 1944) | Dr.30 March 2006 | 22 December 2010 | 4 years, 314 days | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/H' not found. | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV George Tupou V | ||
15 | Siale ʻAtaongo Kaho, Lord Tuʻivakanō (born 1952) | 22 December 2010 | 30 December 2014 | 4 years, 8 days | Independent | George Tupou V Tupou VI | |
16 | ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941–2019) | 30 December 2014 | 12 September 2019 † | 4 years, 256 days | DPFI | Tupou VI | |
— | Semisi Sika (born 1968) Acting | 12 September 2019 | 8 October 2019 | 26 days | DPFI | Tupou VI | |
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951–2023) | 8 October 2019 | 27 December 2021 | 2 years, 80 days | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/T' not found. | Tupou VI | ||
18 | Siaosi Sovaleni (born 1970) | 27 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 245 days | Independent | Tupou VI |
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References
- ↑ "The Executive government ", Tonga government