Matangi Tonga reports Ma’afu becomes the first minister under the newly separated Ministry that now includes Climate Change.
The Environment was formerly under the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources portfolio.
A former Private Secretary to the late king until his retirement in 2006, the noble is currently a Noble’s Representative for Tongatapu in the Tongan Parliament.
Meanwhile, three Ministerial portfolios still remain vacant: Police, Justice and Foreign Affairs and Defense.
