Tonga has elected a new leader by secret ballot in parliament, two weeks after the previous prime minister abruptly resigned, ...

Tonga is starting the new year with a new prime minister. Parliament elected him in a special session on Christmas Eve. HPR’s ...

Tonga's parliament elects former finance minister 'Aisake Eke as its new prime minister in a Christmas Eve sitting.

Tonga’s parliament has elected Aisake Eke as the country’s new prime minister. The vote came in a special session of the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught ...

Veteran politician ‘Aisake Valu Eke was elected prime minister by secret ballot in parliament on Tuesday, securing 16 votes ...

Sovaleni was first elected to parliament in 2014 and served as deputy prime minister from 2014-17, then became education minister in 2019. Tonga PM Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigns following rift ...

Tonga's prime minister, Siaosi Sovaleni, has resigned before a vote of no-confidence in parliament, in what some describe as a "surprise" decision. The resignation follows months of political ...

Siaosi Sovaleni told parliament he would quit just moments before MPs decided his future in a vote of no confidence in the wake of a power struggle with the nation’s royal family. “Yes ...

Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught relations between his government and ...

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