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Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 181 entities connected with Tonga. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Tonga. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Tonga

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Tonga.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 99 entities identified as PEPs connected with Tonga.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Crown Prince of Tonga--1
Deputy Prime Minister1--
King1--
Monarch of Tonga--1
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Tonga-51
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga-6-
Minister for Agriculture, Food, & Forests16-
Minister for Education & Training15-
Minister for Finance & National Planning1--
Minister for Fisheries-1-
Minister for Fisheries1--
Minister for Health13-
Minister for His Majesty's Armed Forces1--
Minister for Infrastructure1--
Minister for Internal Affairs17-
Minister for Justice & Prisons1--
Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries-1-
Minister for Lands & Natural Resources11-
Minister for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change, & Communications1--
Minister for Police, Fire, & Emergency Services1--
Minister for Public Enterprises13-
Minister for Revenue-2-
Minister for Revenue & Customs1--
Minister for Revenue and Customs-2-
Minister for the Environment and Climate Change-3-
Minister for Trade and Economic Development131
Minister of Defence and His Majesty's Armed Forces-11
Minister of Finance-5-
Minister of Foreign Affairs1--
Minister of Infrastructure of Tonga-41
Minister of Justice of Tonga-4-
Minister of Police-41
Minister of Tourism12-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Legislative Assembly-26-
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga-3019
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga-31
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 Spain to Tonga-4-
ambassador of Tonga to Japan-21
Ambassador to the US1--
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tonga-1-
United States Ambassador to Tonga--1

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Attorney General1--
King of the Kingdom of Tonga1--
Prime Minister and Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Police, Fire Services and Emergency Services, and Minister for His Majesty’s Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Tonga1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

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?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...