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Currently, the head of state of Fiji is the president of the republic, appointed by the Parliament for a three-year term under the terms of the Constitution of 2013. [1] The current president is Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu. He was elected on 31 October 2024, [2] [3] and sworn in on 12 November 2024. [2]
An indirect 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 was nominated by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka following the withdrawal of the previous nominee, President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere.
On 22 October 2024, he was nominated by the People’s Alliance for the presidency of Fiji. [13] [14] On 31 October he was elected president in the 2024 Fijian presidential election, defeating Meli Tora 37 votes to 16. [15] He was sworn in on 12 November. [16]
19 September – Coup leader George Speight is released from prison after obtaining a pardon from President Wiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow Indo-Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry .
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji's leader was sworn in for four more years Tuesday after winning an election with a reduced majority, after earlier lashing out at his opponents.
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 of the 2013 Constitution . [ 1 ] Although not entirely a figurehead , the role of president in the government is largely ceremonial, but there are important reserve powers that may be exercised ...
Beddoes, Mick, leader of the United Peoples Party. Druavesi, Ema, Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei general secretary. Duvuloco, Iliesa, nationalist politician, leader of the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party. Koroi, Jokapeci: Senator and President of the Fiji Labour Party. Koya, Sidiq, Leader of the Opposition National Federation Party (1970s ...
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region's aid and ...