Legislative Assembly of Tonga (Fale Alea o Tonga)

Joined the Commonwealth: 4 June 1970

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1958

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral (Legislative Assembly of Tonga (Fale Alea o Tonga))

Parliament/Legislature website: Parliament of Tonga

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 6 (Finance & Public Accounts; Climate Change & Environment; Legislation; Social Services; Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade; Agriculture)

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Privileges Committee; Business and Agenda Committee

CPA Blogs

• Realities of disaster resilience: stories from the Commonwealth

Articles in The Parliamentarian (2013 to present)

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One - Article about new children's book on civic education launched with Parliament of Tonga
  
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - Mele Fonua, CYP10 participant from Tonga, Article about the Tonga Youth Parliament and news story
• The Parliamentarian 2014 Issue Three - Ms Silivia 'Atiola, Practice Parliament 2014: A new Era for the Women of Tonga

Recent activities

• In November 2023, a CPA delegation visited Nukuʻalofa as part of a CPA Benchmarks self-assessment for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Read the Outcomes Report.
• In March 2023, new and returning Members of the Parliaments of Tonga, Tuvalu and Fiji took part in a CPA Post-Election Seminar co-hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the Legislative Assembly of Tonga - find out more here.