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  • Parliamentary
    2014

Tonga

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: King King George TUPOU V
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sialeʻataonga TUIVAKANAO
  • Assembly: Tonga has a unicameral Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea) with 26 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The King is hereditary.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
  • In the Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea), 9 members are elected by hereditary state rulers to serve 3-year terms and 17 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 3-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 119,009 (July 2008 est.)

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  • Parliamentary - 2014

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Last Updated on 12/22/2010

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