The President was the presiding officer of the Fijian Senate. In the 2013 Constitution, the Senate was abolished, and replaced by a single chamber Parliament...
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The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament. It was abolished by the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, after a series of military coups. It was the...
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The president of Fiji is the head of state of the Republic of Fiji. The president is appointed by the Parliament for a three-year term under the terms...
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The position of the vice-president of the Republic of Fiji was created in 1990, to provide a constitutional successor to the president of Fiji, in the...
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The 1997 Constitution of Fiji was the supreme law of Fiji from its adoption in 1997 until 2009 when President Josefa Iloilo purported to abrogate it....
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2011). Fiji: Race and Politics in an Island State. ISBN 9780774844666. House of Representatives of Fiji Senate of Fiji President of the Senate of Fiji...
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President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate...
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-18.145858; 178.424413 The Parliament of the Republic of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Fiji. It consists of 55 members elected every...
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The Constitution of Fiji is the supreme law of Fiji. There have been four Constitutions since the first was adopted in 1970. The first constitution, adopted...
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becoming independent of the United Kingdom in 1970, Fiji has had four constitutions, and the voting system has changed accordingly. The Legislative Council...
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lists the heads of state of Fiji, from the establishment of the Kingdom of Fiji in 1871 to the present day. Currently, the head of state of Fiji is the president...
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The Colony of Fiji was a Crown colony that existed from 1874 to 1970 in the territory of the present-day nation of Fiji. London declined its first opportunity...
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Bainimarama's FijiFirst Party. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Fiji as a "hybrid regime" in 2018. Fiji's Head of State is the President. He is elected...
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of the Court of Appeal - President of the Senate of Fiji - {Presidential elections in Fiji: see also separate articles: 2000, 2006} - President's Overseas...
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election was held in Fiji on 31 October 2024, in which members of parliament elected the president. Incumbent Speaker of the Parliament of Fiji Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu...
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The prime minister of Fiji is the head of government of the Republic of Fiji. The prime minister is appointed under the terms of the 2013 Constitution...
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Fiji (/ˈfiːdʒi/ FEE-jee, /fiːˈdʒiː/ fee-JEE; Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in...
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Koila Nailatikau (category I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji))
Fiji from 2009 until 2015, as the wife of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, the President of Fiji. Arieta Koila Josephine Mara was born in 1953. Her father, Ratu...
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Fiji, the Leader of the Opposition (or Opposition Leader) is a senior politician who commands the support of the Official Opposition. The Leader of the...
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Naiqama Lalabalavu (category Presidents of Fiji)
a Fijian Paramount Chief and the current President of Fiji. He has served as the leader of the opposition and as Speaker of the Parliament of Fiji. On...
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consist of the President, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. According to British constitutional theory, on which much of the Fijian Constitution...
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The Great Council of Chiefs (Fijian: Bose Levu Vakaturaga) is a Fijian constitutional body. It previously existed from 1876 to March 2012 and was restored...
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The Cabinet of Fiji is a Government body of Ministers appointed by the Prime Minister of Fiji and responsible to the Parliament of Fiji. The Cabinet's...
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each province. In addition, 14 of the 32 members of the Senate, the upper house of the Fijian Parliament, were chosen by the provincial councils (one Senator...
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The Fijian coups d'état of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth...
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Taito Waqavakatoga (category Presidents of the Senate (Fiji))
1944 — 12 December 2017) was a Fijian politician and former civil servant who served as President of the Senate of Fiji from 2001 to 2006. Waqavakatoga...
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The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Today, some geothermic activity still occurs...
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The Fiji coup d'état of 2000 was a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei (ethnic Fijian) nationalists against the elected government of an Indo-Fijian...
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Fiji has experienced many coups recently, in 1987, 2000, and 2006. Fiji has been suspended various times from the Commonwealth of Nations, a grouping...
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James Ah Koy (category I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji))
honorary consul to Fiji (in 1985). Speaking on the floor of the Senate on 26 August 2004, he caused an uproar when he declared that Fiji would be "continually...
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