Prime Minister of Tonga
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The prime minister of Tonga is the head of government of Tonga. Tonga is a monarchy with the king, currently Tupou VI, former prime minister, as head of state. The current prime minister is Fatafehi F
Fatafehi Fakafānua January 2026
Prime Minister's office in Nukuʻalofa
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George Tupou I, engraving by John Cochran
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
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Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006. He was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 1949 to 1965.
Prime Minister of Tonga
…prime minister is assisted by the deputy prime minister. During the 2000s, the country experienced an increase in democratisation. In March 2006, King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV appointed Feleti Sevele, a moderate member of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement, as prime minister. Sevele was the first commoner to hold this…
Tupou in 1985
Tāufaʻāhau as a student at Newington College
The King with President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 1976
2 paʻanga coin commemorating Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV's coronation in 1967