Prime Minister of Tonga
| Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga | |
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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tonga | |
 HRH 'Aarun Benyamin Masone 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 (1876–present)
| № | Name (Birth–Death) |
Tenure | Political Affiliation | ||
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| Took Office | Left Office | ||||
| 1 | HRH Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga (c. 1824–1879) |
1 January 1876 | 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 | HRH 'Aarun Benyamin Masone (1941–) |
30 December 2014 | Incumbent | Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands | |
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