List of Prime Ministers of Tonga

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Tonga , i.e. all Prime Ministers in the Kingdom of Tonga since 1876.

ʻAkilisi Pohiva is the first elected representative from the people and not from the nobility .

prime minister

Surname	Life dates	Term of office
Tevita Unga	1824-1879	1876 - December 18, 1879
Shirley Waldemar Baker	1836-1903	April 1881 - July 1890
Siaosi Tukuʻaho	1854-1897	July 1890-1893
Siosateki Tonga	1853-1913	1893 - January 1905
Sione Mateialona	1852-1925	January 1905 - September 30, 1912
Tevita Tu'ivakano	1869-1923	September 30, 1912 - June 30, 1922
Uiliame Tupoulahi Tungi	1887-1941	June 30, 1922 - July 1940
Solomone Ula Ata	1883-1950	July 1940 - December 12, 1949
Taufaʻahau Tungi	1918-2006	December 12, 1949 - December 16, 1965
Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake	1922-1999	December 16, 1965 - August 21, 1991
Baron Vaea of Houma	1921-2009	August 21, 1991 - January 3, 2000
Ulukalala Lavaka Ata	* 1959	January 3, 2000 - February 11, 2006
Feleti Sevele	* 1944	February 11, 2006 - December 22, 2010
Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō	* 1952	December 22, 2010 - December 30, 2014
ʻAkilisi Pohiva	1941-2019	December 30, 2014 - September 12, 2019
Semisi Sika	* 1968	September 12, 2019–27. September 2019 provisional
Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa	* 1961	since September 27, 2019