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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 constitutional basis is sections 90 to 96 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. [1] Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister as chair and a number of Ministers. [2]
In 1985, he was the first director of Fiji's newly-formed Department of Tourism. [3] He later served as permanent secretary for trade and commerce [4] and as director-general of the Fiji National Training Council. [5] Following the 2000 Fijian coup d'état he was appointed Minister for Education in the interim government of Laisenia Qarase. [6]
Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi OBE was a Fijian politician and lady of rank in Fiji's chiefly leadership. [1] [2] In 1966 she was jointly one of the first women elected to parliament, serving in the House of Representatives until 1977. She also served as Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare from 1975 to 1977.
From 1991 to June 2000, she was the Director for Women and Culture at the Ministry for Women and Culture and Social Welfare, Fiji. [ 1 ] Lomaloma is a particular advocate for a faith -based approach to combating violence against women and children and has contributed to the Anglican church ’s organisational policy of zero tolerance of ...
The British Indian Association was established in 1911, following a severe hurricane that had brought much hardship to the Fiji Indians in the Central Division.It was formed by a group that included J.P. Maharaj (a Suva Storekeeper), Totaram Sanadhya (a pundit and social worker from Rewa), Ram Singh (a Suva printer) and Ram Rup.
The Social Welfare Office was renamed Social Welfare Department from 1 January 1958. At the same time, the position of Social Welfare Officer was renamed Director of Social Welfare. [4] Several prominent current and former officials, including Anson Chan , Carrie Lam and Patrick Nip , had formerly served as Director of Social Welfare.
Ifereimi Waqainabete studied at the Fiji School of Medicine, now under Fiji National University, graduating with MBBS in 1996. He was the President of Fiji School of Medicine Student's Association. During this time, he helped successfully petition for the Autonomy of Fiji School of Medicine from the Ministry of Health.
Fiji became a member of the United Nations on 13 October 1970. [2] Fiji has acceded to some, but not the majority, of the key human rights treaties. It is a party to the conventions against racism (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) and discrimination against women (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), and on the rights ...