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Fiji Government 1996
military coup leader Maj. Gen. Sitiveni RABUKA formally declared Fiji a
republic on 6 October 1987
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Administrative divisions:
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*, Western
10 October 1970 (from UK)
Independence Day, 10 October (1970)
10 October 1970 (suspended 1 October 1987); a new Constitution was proposed
on 23 September 1988 and promulgated on 25 July 1990; the 1990 Constitution
is under review; the review is scheduled to be complete by 1997
21 years of age; universal
President Ratu Sir Kamisese MARA (since 12 January 1994); First Vice
President Ratu Sir Josaia TAIVAIQIA (since 12 January 1994); Second Vice
President Ratu Inoke TAKIVEIKATA (since 12 January 1994); note - President
GANILAU died on 15 December 1993 and Vice President MARA became acting
president; MARA was elected president by the Great Council of Chiefs on 12
January 1994
Prime Minister Sitiveni RABUKA (since 2 June 1992)
appointed by the governor general
highest ranking members of the traditional chiefly system
Cabinet; appointed by prime minister from members of Parliament and
responsible to Parliament
the bicameral Parliament was dissolved following the coup of 14 May 1987
nonelective body containing 34 seats, 24 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 9 for
Indians and others, 1 for the island of Rotuma; appointed by President
House of Representatives:
elections last held 18-25 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results -
percent of vote by party NA; seats - (70 total, with ethnic Fijians
allocated 37 seats, ethnic Indians 27 seats, and independents and other 6
seats) number of seats by party SVT 31, NFP 20, FLP 7, FA 5, GVP 4,
independents 2, ANC 1
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Political parties and leaders:
Fijian Political Party (SVT - primarily Fijian), leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini
RABUKA; National Federation Party (NFP; primarily Indian), Jai Ram REDDY;
Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP), Sakeasi BUTADROKA; Fiji Labor Party (FLP),
Mahendra CHAUDHRY; General Voters Party (GVP), Bill SORBY; Fiji Conservative
Party (FCP), Isireli VUIBAU; Conservative Party of Fiji (CPF), Jolale
ULUDOLE and Viliame SAVU; Fiji Indian Liberal Party, Swami MAHARAJ; Fiji
Indian Congress Party, Ishwari BAJPAI; Fiji Independent Labor (Muslim),
leader NA; Four Corners Party, David TULVANUAVOU; Fijian Association (FA),
leader NA; General Electors' Association, leader NA
in early 1995, ethnic Fijian members of the All National Congress (ANC)
merged with the Fijian Association (FA); the new FA is scheduled to hold its
first meeting in April 1995 at which time the leaders of the party will be
chosen; it is likely that Josevata KAMIKAMICA, the leader of the FA before
the merger, will be elected leader and Adi Kuini Bavadra SPEED, the leader
of the ANC before the merger, will be elected deputy leader; the remaining
members of the ANC have renamed their party the General Electors'
Association
ACP, AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, PCA, SPARTECA, SPC,
SPF, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Pita Kewa NACUVA
Suite 240, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
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US diplomatic representation:
(vacant); Charge d'Affaires Michael W. MARINE
light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the
Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a
yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George
featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove
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