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v. t. e. 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 II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic. The first coup d'état, in which Bavadra was deposed, took place on 14 May 1987; a second coup d'état on 25 September ended ...
The party formerly favoured by Indo-Fijian was the Fiji Labour Party, led by Mahendra Chaudhry, which received about 75% of the Indo-Fijian vote in 2001, and won all 19 seats reserved for Indo-Fijians. Founded as a multi-racial party in the 1980s, it was supported mostly by Indo-Fijians, but has seen no representation in parliament since the ...
Bainimarama returned to Fiji in September 1987. [11] He took charge of the delivery of two naval ships, the Levuka and Lautoka , from Louisiana in the United States . He became commanding officer of the Fijian Navy in April 1988, and was promoted to the rank of commander on 4 October that year.
2022. v. t. e. The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 was a coup d'état in Fiji carried out by Commodore Frank Bainimarama against Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and President Josefa Iloilo. It was the culmination of a political crisis that had begun the previous year when the Qarase government introduced three bills to the Fijian Parliament.
General elections were held in Fiji between 4 and 11 April 1987. They marked the first electoral transition of power in Fijian history. Despite receiving just under 50% of the vote, the Alliance Party of longtime Prime Minister, Kamisese Mara was defeated by a coalition of the Fiji Labour Party (contesting a general election for the first time) and National Federation Party, which won 28 seats ...
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Sir Robert Sidney Foster 10 October 1970 – 13 February 1973. Ratu Sir George Cakobau 13 February 1973 – 12 February 1983. Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau 12 February 1983 – 6/15 October 1987. The following held office as prime minister (and head of government): Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara 10 October 1970 – 13 April 1987.
Operation Morris Dance was an Australian military operation conducted in May 1987 in response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état . On the morning of 14 May 1987 the Military of Fiji took control of the country in a bloodless coup d'état. In response to the coup, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) began preparations to evacuate ...