Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga

The Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga is the principal deputy of the Prime Minister of Tonga. Viliami Latu is currently in office.

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 – 18 December 2025)
• Viliami Latu (2025/2026 - 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