2019 in Tonga
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Events in the year 2019 in Tonga.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Tupou VI
- Prime Minister: ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (until 12 September), Semisi Sika (acting, from 12 September until 8 October), Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (from 8 October)
Events
October
- Metis Shoal, a volcanic island at the top of a submarine volcano between Kao and Late disappears during an eruption which is first reported on the morning of 14 October. A new and bigger island appears nearby.
Deaths
- 12 September – ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Prime Minister (b. 1941).[1]
References
- ^ "Tongan PM and democracy campaigner 'Akilisi Pohiva dies, aged 78", Radio New Zealand, 12 September 2019