Tonga's MPs have elected former finance minister 'Aisake Eke as the country's new prime minister. Dr Eke defeated his only opponent, Trade Minister Viliame Latu, by 16 votes to 8 in a secret ballot.

Tonga elects new prime minister after predecessor’s sudden resignation ‘Aisake Valu Eke, former finance minister, is set to lead the Pacific nation until elections in November 2025.

As finance minister, he spent time at the World Bank in Washington working on financial reform programs for Tonga. Advertisement He returned to parliament in 2021 and was in the running for prime ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, Dec 24 (IANS) Aisake Valu Eke was elected as Prime Minister of Tonga on Tuesday, radio Nukualofa reported. He will replace Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who resigned on ...

Eke is a former public servant and finance minister who attended university in Australia and Fiji. He was elected as the member of parliament for Tongatapu No.5 constituency in 2010.

Valu Eke, who will be officially sworn in as Prime Minister in February, was first elected to parliament in 2010 and served as minister of finance between 2014 and 2017. He will be in office for ...

Dr Eke served in Tonga's ministry of finance for more than 20 years before first entering parliament. Tonga's new prime minister assumes the office with less than a year before the country's next ...

As finance minister, he spent time at the World Bank in Washington working on financial reform programs for Tonga. He returned to parliament in 2021 and was in the running for prime minister but ...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Tonga's parliament elected Aisake Eke as the country's new prime minister on Tuesday in a special session of the house on Christmas Eve, after his predecessor quit ...