Prime Minister of Tonga

The **prime minister of Tonga** (historically referred to as the **premier**) is the country's head of government. Tonga is a monarchy with the king, currently Tupou VI, as head of state.

The office is currently held by Fatafehi Fakafānua since 28 December 2026.

## List of premiers/prime ministers of Tonga

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="2"|Term of office|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Party|rowspan="2"|Monarch|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Tēvita ʻUnga**|class="nowrap"|1 January 1876|class="nowrap"|18 December 1879|||||||
|rowspan="16"|Independent|rowspan="4" style="vertical-align: top;"|George Tupou I|||||||||
||George Tupou I|18 December 1879|April 1881|||||||||
||**Shirley Waldemar Baker**|class="nowrap"|April 1881|class="nowrap"|July 1890|||||||
||**Siaosi Tukuʻaho**|class="nowrap"|July 1890|class="nowrap"|1893|||||||
||**Siosateki Tonga**|class="nowrap"|1893|class="nowrap"|January 1905|||||||
|rowspan="5" style="vertical-align: top;"|George Tupou II|||||||||||
||**Siaosi Tuʻipelehake**|class="nowrap"|January 1905|class="nowrap"|January 1905|||||||
||**Sione Tupou Mateialona**|class="nowrap"|January 1905|class="nowrap"|30 September 1912|||||||
||Sālote Tupou III|30 September 1912|30 September 1912|||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Tevita Tuʻivakano**|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|30 September 1912|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|30 June 1923|||||
|rowspan="4" style="vertical-align: top;"|Sālote Tupou III|||||||||||
||**Viliami Tungī Mailefihi**|class="nowrap"|30 June 1923|class="nowrap"|20 July 1941|||||||
||**Solomone Ula Ata**|class="nowrap"|20 July 1941|class="nowrap"|12 December 1949|||||||
||**Tupoutoʻa Tungī**|class="nowrap"|12 December 1949|class="nowrap"|16 December 1965|||||||
||**Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake**|class="nowrap"|16 December 1965|class="nowrap"|22 August 1991|||||||
|rowspan="4" style="vertical-align: top;"|Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV|||||||||||
||**Siaosi Vaea**|class="nowrap"|22 August 1991|class="nowrap"|3 January 2000|||||||
||**ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata**|class="nowrap"|3 January 2000|class="nowrap"|11 February 2006|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Feleti Sevele**|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|30 March 2006|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|22 December 2010|||||
|rowspan="2"|Human Rights and Democracy Movement|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;"|George Tupou V|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Lord Tuʻivakanō**|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|22 December 2010|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|30 December 2014|||||
|rowspan="2"|Independent|||||||||||
|rowspan="8" style="vertical-align: top;"|Tupou VI|||||||||||
||**ʻAkilisi Pōhiva**|class="nowrap"|30 December 2014|class="nowrap"|12 September 2019|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands|||||||||||
||***Semisi Sika*** __|class="nowrap"|_12 September 2019_|class="nowrap"|_8 October 2019_|||||||
||**Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa**|class="nowrap"|8 October 2019|class="nowrap"|27 December 2021|||||||
|Tonga People's Party||||||||||||
||**Siaosi Sovaleni**|class="nowrap"|27 December 2021|class="nowrap"|9 December 2024|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Independent|||||||||||
||***Samiu Vaipulu*** __|class="nowrap"|_9 December 2024_|class="nowrap"|_22 January 2025_|||||||
||**ʻAisake Eke**|class="nowrap"|22 January 2025|class="nowrap"|18 December 2025|||||||
||**Lord Fakafānua**|18 December 2025|_Incumbent_|||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the
Kingdom of Tonga
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Tonga.svg
- **insigniasize**: 105px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of
the Kingdom of Tonga
- **image**: Lord_Fakafānua_in_2024_(cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 155px
- **incumbent**: Fatafehi Fakafānua
- **incumbentsince**: 18 December 2025
- **appointer**: List of monarchs of Tonga, King of Tonga
- **formation**: 1876
1970
- **inaugural**: Tēvita ʻUnga
Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake