{"id":11287,"date":"2026-03-29T15:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/?page_id=11287"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:32:29","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/government\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty&#8217;s Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11287\" class=\"elementor elementor-11287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5688483 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5688483\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b244e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b244e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">His Majesty&#8217;s Government<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f79f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8f79f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9dc37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a9dc37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 18 December 2025 His Majesty King Tupou VI appointed Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua as the 20th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga following the presentation of the Royal Warrant of Appointment during a private audience held at the Royal Palace in Nuku\u2019alofa.<\/p><p>This appointment followed General Elections held on 20 November 2025 and the subsequent secret ballot of the 26 Legislative Assembly members to elect Lord Fatafehi Fakaf\u0101nua as Prime Minister-designate on 15 December 2025.<\/p><p>The Royal Warrant of Appointment was proclaimed in accordance with Clause 50A (1) of the Constitution of Tonga.<\/p><p>Following the Prime Minister\u2019s appointment, the new cabinet of His Majesty\u2019s Government was appointed as outlined below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66a6e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b66a6e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e00a0 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28e00a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fce51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0fce51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56aaf6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56aaf6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lord-prime-minister-v1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lord-prime-minister-v1.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lord-prime-minister-v1-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Lord Fakafanua, Prime Minister, Minister for MEIDECC,Minister for Finance &amp; National Planning, Minister for Police, Minister for Fire &amp; Emergency Services, Minister for Prisons<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67eb637 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67eb637\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b9991a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b9991a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-dr-viliami-uasike-latu.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-dr-viliami-uasike-latu.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-dr-viliami-uasike-latu-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Viliami Uasike Latu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Justice, Minister for Trade and Economic Development<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996f363 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"996f363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bafabd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bafabd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/crown-prince-tupoutoa-ulukalala.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11296\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/crown-prince-tupoutoa-ulukalala.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/crown-prince-tupoutoa-ulukalala-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">HRH Crown Prince Tupouto\u2019a \u2018Ulukalala, Minister of His Majesty\u2019s Armed Forces, Minister of His Majesty\u2019s Diplomatic Services<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ca6d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0ca6d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe222b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7fe222b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-siaosi-ofakivahafolau-sovaleni.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11298\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-siaosi-ofakivahafolau-sovaleni.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-siaosi-ofakivahafolau-sovaleni-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni, Minister for Health, Minister for Public Enterprise<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355a77a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"355a77a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b8521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28b8521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-semisi-kioa-lafu-sika.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11304\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-semisi-kioa-lafu-sika.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-semisi-kioa-lafu-sika-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Semisi Kioa Lafu Sika, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Infrastructure<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce4bcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cce4bcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6018794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6018794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-taniela-fusimalohi-v1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-taniela-fusimalohi-v1.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-taniela-fusimalohi-v1-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Taniela Fusimalohi, Minister for Lands, Survey, Planning &amp; Natural Resources<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abfaa75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abfaa75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330cb41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"330cb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-moale-otunuku.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11303\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-moale-otunuku.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-moale-otunuku-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Mo\u2019ale \u2018Otunuku, Minister for Education and Training<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dde2f24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dde2f24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf1bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdf1bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-viliami-sisifa.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11299\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-viliami-sisifa.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-viliami-sisifa-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Viliami Sisifa, Minister for Agriculture, Forestries, &amp; Food, and Minister for Fisheries<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be5459 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2be5459\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d8d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49d8d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-fane-fituafe.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11301\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-fane-fituafe.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon-fane-fituafe-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Fane Fotu Fituafe, Minister for Internal Affairs, Employment, Women, Social Protection, Youth &amp; Sports<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33805f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33805f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce1fc2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fce1fc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a3a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9a3a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-sevenitini-toumoua.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11297\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-sevenitini-toumoua.webp 600w, https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hon.-sevenitini-toumoua-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hon. Sevenitini Toumoua, Minister for Customs, &amp; Inland Services<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 December 2025 His Majesty King Tupou VI appointed Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua as the 20th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga following the presentation of the Royal Warrant of Appointment during a private audience held at the Royal Palace in Nuku\u2019alofa. This appointment followed General Elections held on 20 November 2025 and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11287"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13320,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11287\/revisions\/13320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}