Prime Minister of Tonga

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga
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Incumbent ʻAkilisi Pōhiva since 30 December 2014
Appointer	Tupou VI
Inaugural holder	Tēvita ʻUnga (Premier) Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake (Prime Minister)
Formation	1876 (Premier) 1970 (Prime Minister)

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This is a list of Prime Ministers (until 1970, Premiers) of Tonga from the establishment of that office in 1876 until the present day.

List of Premiers/Prime Ministers of Tonga (1872–present)

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Tenure		Political Affiliation
№	Name (Birth–Death)	Took Office	Left Office	Political Affiliation
1	HRH Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga (c. 1824–1879)	1 January 1872	18 December 1879	Independent
Vacant (18 December 1879 – April 1881)
2	Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836–1903)	April 1881	July 1890	Independent
3	Hon. Siaosi U. Tukuʻaho (1854–1897)	July 1890	1893	Independent
4	Hon. Siosateki Veikune (1853–1913)	1893	January 1905	Independent
5	Hon. Sione Mateialona (1852–1925)	January 1905	30 September 1912	Independent
6	Hon. Tevita Tuʻivakano (1869–1923)	30 September 1912	30 June 1923	Independent
7	Hon. Viliami Tungi Mailefihi CBE (1887–1941)	30 June 1923	20 July 1941	Independent
8	Hon. Solomone Ula Ata OBE (1883–1950)	July 1941	12 December 1949	Independent
9	HRH Crown Prince Taufa'ahau Tungi KBE^{[note 1]} (1918–2006)	12 December 1949	16 December 1965	Independent
10	HRH Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake CBE (1922–1999)	16 December 1965	22 August 1991	Independent
11	HRH Siaosi Tuʻihala ʻAlipate Vaea Tupou, Baron Vaea (1921–2009)	22 August 1991	3 January 2000	Independent
12	HRH ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho^{[note 2]} (1959–)	3 January 2000	11 February 2006	Independent
13	Dr. Feleti Sevele (1944–)	30 March 2006	22 December 2010	Human Rights and Democracy Movement
14	Hon. Siale ʻAtaongo Kaho, Lord Tuʻivakanō (1952–)	22 December 2010	30 December 2014	Independent
15	ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941–)	30 December 2014	Incumbent	Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands

Prime Ministers of Tonga

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