among the different ethnic groups, elected from ethnic electoral rolls. Sidiq Koya was more willing to compromise than his predecessor, and he was instrumental...
11 KB (1,305 words) - 23:40, 6 May 2024
the Federation Party on 21 June 1964, with A. D. Patel as president and Sidiq Koya as vice-president. The merger took place in time for the party to participate...
35 KB (4,083 words) - 14:52, 21 May 2024
R. D. Patel (section Rivalry with Sidiq Koya)
Constituency. This was the most marginal seat in the 1963 election, in which Sidiq Koya had managed to defeat James Shankar Singh by only 518 votes. With the...
5 KB (477 words) - 06:46, 15 March 2024
Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport. Koya is the son of former National Federation Party leader Sidiq Koya. He is a lawyer and a former board member...
5 KB (264 words) - 14:41, 21 May 2024
Indo-Fijian vote. The Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party led by Sidiq Koya won the remaining 19 seats. The election re-affirmed the political allegiances...
6 KB (344 words) - 14:11, 11 June 2023
the opposition, Sidiq Koya. In 1976 he was instrumental in bringing the two factions of the party together. Reddy replaced Sidiq Koya as leader of the...
15 KB (1,021 words) - 13:06, 11 December 2023
Koya is both a Malabar Muslim surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Sidiq Koya (1924–1993), Fijian-Indian...
924 bytes (130 words) - 13:41, 4 January 2024
Gavidi changed his mind the following day. Four days after the election, Sidiq Koya arrived at Government House expecting to be offered the opportunity to...
6 KB (523 words) - 02:21, 8 June 2024
Mara as the first Chief Minister. Ongoing negotiations between Mara and Sidiq Koya, who had taken over the leadership of the mainly Indo-Fijian National...
161 KB (17,437 words) - 12:49, 21 July 2024
and former Attorney-General Vijay R. Singh – former Cabinet Minister Sidiq Koya – Leader of the Opposition National Federation Party Dorsami Naidu – Leader...
32 KB (3,297 words) - 19:57, 6 June 2024
Mara as the first Chief Minister. Ongoing negotiations between Mara and Sidiq Koya, who had taken over the leadership of the mainly Indo-Fijian National...
18 KB (1,940 words) - 14:56, 19 April 2024
University of Tasmania in 1964. On his return to Fiji he first worked for Sidiq Koya then for A. D. Patel, before setting up his own law firm in 1969. He was...
4 KB (320 words) - 05:25, 15 July 2024
Mara as the first Chief Minister. Ongoing negotiations between Mara and Sidiq Koya, who had taken over the leadership of the mainly Indo-Fijian National...
12 KB (1,279 words) - 14:51, 19 April 2024
narrow win for the Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party (NFP). Sidiq Koya, the NFP leader, was expected to become Prime Minister. Instead, the Governor-General...
6 KB (802 words) - 00:40, 28 January 2024
the elevation to the leadership of Sidiq Koya, there had been dissent within the NFP. There were accusations of Koya stacking the party hierarchy with...
3 KB (448 words) - 19:03, 24 April 2023
of Jai Ram Reddy, she narrowly lost a bid to lead the opposition, to Sidiq Koya. Relations between her and the new leader remained strained and she resigned...
7 KB (725 words) - 14:52, 11 March 2024
in two, with the faction of leader Sidiq Koya and a rival NFP group running against each other in 24 seats. Koya's faction was symbolised by a dove, with...
7 KB (435 words) - 09:02, 23 January 2024
meet indigenous leaders half-way. His successor as leader of the NFP, Sidiq Koya, did in fact agree to such a compromise with Mara at a London conference...
20 KB (2,811 words) - 20:01, 1 June 2024
the elevation to the leadership of Sidiq Koya, there had been dissent within the NFP. There were accusations of Koya stacking the party hierarchy with...
4 KB (531 words) - 16:58, 25 April 2022
support for the former leader of the NFP, Sidiq Koya and the split caused within the NFP when he was rewarded by Koya for his loyalty by being given a seat...
3 KB (361 words) - 22:45, 18 March 2022
Elizabeth II, as head of state—though the then-Leader of the Opposition, Sidiq Koya, had envisioned an independent Fiji as a republic. The official name of...
22 KB (2,151 words) - 05:19, 10 June 2024
Many noted Fijian politicians have originated from this area, such as Sidiq Koya, who fought for Fijian workers' rights. Others include Tomasi Vuetilovoni...
4 KB (439 words) - 06:02, 1 March 2024
Term length While leader of the largest political party in Parliament that is not in government Inaugural holder Sidiq Koya Formation 10 October 1970...
13 KB (462 words) - 23:21, 12 February 2024
National Federation Party Sidiq Koya 24th general 1972 – 1977 Alliance Party Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara National Federation Party Sidiq Koya 25th general April 1977...
5 KB (27 words) - 15:38, 25 September 2023
Mara as the first Chief Minister. Ongoing negotiations between Mara and Sidiq Koya, who had taken over the leadership of the mainly Indo-Fijian National...
115 KB (14,879 words) - 12:53, 21 July 2024
established. 1970 April – Constitutional conference in London; Mara and Sidiq Koya agree on a compromise constitutional formula. 10 October – Fiji attains...
15 KB (98 words) - 02:12, 21 March 2024
resignation of the former leader of the NFP, Jai Ram Reddy. When a supporter of Sidiq Koya from Ba, Dr Balwant Singh Rakkha, was selected to contest the by-election...
4 KB (395 words) - 06:56, 26 May 2022
universal suffrage from a common voters' roll. In April 1970, Mara and Sidiq Koya, leader of the mainly Indo-Fijian National Federation Party, met in London...
41 KB (4,829 words) - 22:21, 29 June 2024
Federation Party Leaders A. D. Patel (1968–69) Sidiq Koya (1969–77) Jai Ram Reddy (1977–84) Sidiq Koya (1984–86) Harish Sharma (1986-1992) Jai Ram Reddy...
15 KB (1,132 words) - 04:27, 1 March 2023
officially founded on 21 June 1964 with A. D. Patel as President and Sidiq Koya as Vice-President. The merger took place in time for the party to participate...
7 KB (928 words) - 02:26, 31 December 2023