Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga

The Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga is the principal deputy of the Prime Minister of Tonga. Taniela Fusimalohi is currently in office as of January 28, 2025.

List of officeholders

• Basil Thomson (1890 – ?)
• Havea Tui'ha'ateiho (1953–1960)
• Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (1961 ^[1] – ?)
• Mahe 'Uli'uli Tupouniua, (1965 – 1972) ^[2]
• Siosaia Aleamotu'a Tuita, (1972 – 1989)
• Baron Vaea (? – 1991 ^[3] )
• Langi Kavaliku (22 August 1991 – 2000)
• Tevita Poasi Tupou (2000 – 2001)
• Clive Edwards, acting (2001) ^[4]
• James Cecil Cocker (October 2001 ^[4] – 2005 – ?)
• Viliami Tangi (May 2006 – 4 January 2011)
• Samiu Vaipulu (5 January 2011 – 30 December 2014)
• Siaosi Sovaleni (30 December 2014 – 6 September 2017)
• Semisi Sika (16 January 2017 – 10 October 2019)
• Sione Vuna Fa'otusia (10 October 2019 – 14 December 2020)
• Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi (16 December 2020 – 12 December 2021)
• Poasi Tei (28 December 2021 – 10 August 2022) ^[5]
• Taniela Fusimalohi (28 January 2025 – present)

References

1. Office, Great Britain Colonial (1963). "Tonga: A Report". H.M. Stationery Office.
2. "Vol. 53, No. 6 ( Jun. 1, 1982)". Trove.
3. Lansford, Tom (31 March 2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. CQ Press. ISBN   9781506327150.
4. "COUNTRY REPORT December 2001" (PDF). The Economist Intelligence Unit.
5. Webmaster. "Parliament elects Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni as Tonga's new PM Designate". www.parliament.gov.to. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

See also

• Politics of Tonga