Fiji

Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka was elected Prime Minister of Fiji on the floor of Fiji’s parliament on 24 December 2022 following the country’s general elections 10 days earlier. He became Fiji’s 7th elected Prime Minister, but the first to be elected in parliament. He is the first elected leader to serve twice in the high office since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. He first served as Prime Minister of Fiji for seven years between 1992 and 1999, having served earlier as Co-Deputy Prime Minister with the late Mr Josevata Kamikamica in the interim government of the late Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara from 1991 to 1992. He hails from the village of Drekeniwai, in the district of Navatu in the province of Cakaudrove, located on Fiji’s second largest island of Vanua Levu in the north of the country. He was born in Cakaudrove and completed his intermediate education in Bucalevu, on the island of Taveuni.

Joined PIDF : 4 September 2015
Official Language : English
Other Spoken Languages : iTaukei, Hindi
National Holiday : 10 October (Independence Day)
Currency : Fiji Dollar
Population : 889,953 (2019 estimates)
Population Density : 49/km2
Land Area : 18,300 km2
EEZ Area : 1,290,000 km2