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Tonga Government - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/tonga/tonga_government.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Government type hereditary constitutional monarchy Capital Nuku'alofa Administrative divisions 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u Independence 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate) National holiday Independence Day, 4 June (1970) Constitution 4 November 1875, revised 1 January 1967 Legal system based on English law Suffrage 21 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (30 seats - 12 reserved for cabinet ministers sitting ex officio, nine for nobles selected by the country's 33 nobles, and nine elected by popular vote; members serve three-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chief justice of the Supreme Court) Political parties and leaders there are no political parties Political pressure groups and leaders Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM [Akilisi POHIVA, president] International organization participation ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer) Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US the US does not have an embassy in Tonga; the ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Tonga Flag description
red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
NOTE: The information regarding Tonga on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tonga Government 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tonga Government 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |