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9 December – Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni resigns on the eve of a no-confidence vote against him in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. [1] 24 December – ʻAisake Eke is elected prime minister by the Legislative Assembly of Tonga in a 16-8 vote, defeating trade minister Viliami Latu. [2]
In the 1930s, Tonga had a population of about 32,000. Starting in the 1970s large scale migration began to Australia and New Zealand. By the 1970s the emigration rate from Tonga to Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, France and the United States was over 2% annually. [2] The country has over 100,000 residents.
Licensure criteria include 80% ownership by Tongans living in the country. As of February 2004, those papers denied licenses under the new act included the Taimi ʻo Tonga (Tongan Times), the Keleʻa, and the Matangi Tonga – while those permitted licenses were uniformly church-based or pro-government. The Royal Palace of Tonga
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The Legislative Assembly of Tonga has up to 30 members, of which 17 are directly elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member constituencies. The island of Tongatapu has ten constituencies, Vavaʻu three, Haʻapai two and ʻEua and Niuatoputapu / Niuafoʻou one each. [ 2 ]
The 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony may be a little less glossy compared to previous years due to the absence of Pita Taufatofua. However, the former Tongan flag bearer still took part in ...
Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukuʻalofa.It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the national population, on 260 square kilometres (100 square miles).
According to the 2011 Australian census 10,560 Australians were born in Tonga, while 25,096 claimed Tongan ancestry. [3] In 2006, 18,426 claimed Tongan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.