Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga

Senior member of the Tongan government

Politics of Tonga


Constitution
Monarchy King Tupou VI Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Succession Privy Council
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The Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga is the principal deputy of the Prime Minister of Tonga. The office is currently vacant.

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]

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

v t e Deputy heads of government of Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue