Kingdom of Tonga

Political office-holders

Our database contains 95 politicians connected with Tonga.

Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister1--
King1--
Monarch of Tonga--1
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Tonga-71
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga-61
Minister for Agriculture, Food, & Forests161
Minister for Customs & Inland Revenue1--
Minister for Education and Training151
Minister for Finance & National Planning1--
Minister for Fisheries-1-
Minister for Fisheries1--
Minister for His Majesty's Armed Forces1--
Minister for His Majesty’s Diplomatic Services1--
Minister for Infrastructure1--
Minister for Internal Affairs-8-
Minister for Internal Affairs, Employment, Women, Social Protection, Youth, & Sports1--
Minister for Justice1--
Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries-1-
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources-11
Minister for Lands, Survey, Planning, & Natural Resources1--
Minister for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change, & Communications1--
Minister for Police, Fire & Emergency Services, & Prisons1--
Minister for Public Enterprises13-
Minister for Revenue-2-
Minister for Revenue and Customs-2-
Minister for the Environment and Climate Change-3-
Minister for Tourism121
Minister for Trade & Economic Development131
Minister of Defence and His Majesty's Armed Forces-11
Minister of Finance-6-
Minister of Foreign Affairs--1
Minister of Health13-
Minister of Infrastructure of Tonga-41
Minister of Justice of Tonga-41
Minister of Police-41
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Legislative Assembly-25-
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga-3219
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga-32
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Attorney General of Tonga-2-
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief of Defence Staff of Tonga--1
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga-11
Governor, National Reserve Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Japan to Tonga-71
ambassador of Poland to New Zealand-41
Ambassador of Spain to Tonga-5-
ambassador of Tonga to Japan-21
Ambassador to the US1--
Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga-2-
High Commissioner to Canada1--
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Tonga--1

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If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

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