List of Fiji's Foreign Ministers

The list of Fiji's Foreign Ministers includes the individuals who have held the foreign affairs portfolio since Fiji's independence on October 10, 1970.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (commonly known as the Foreign Minister ) is a Fijian Cabinet Minister responsible for international relations and diplomacy and oversees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Especially since Fiji's relations with other countries were severely damaged after the two military coups in 1987 and Fiji's international reputation had suffered greatly, and two further coups in 2000 and 2006 respectively , the position of Foreign Minister became particularly important, especially vis-à-vis the Pacific Islands Forum , the Pacific Community , the Alliance of Small Island States, and the United Nations .

Like other ministers, the Foreign Minister is officially appointed by the President after being nominated by the Prime Minister. He is responsible to both the Prime Minister and the Parliament of Fiji . The position can be held independently in conjunction with other ministerial responsibilities. From time to time the prime minister also served as foreign minister.

According to the 2013 constitution , the foreign minister, like all other ministers, must be a member of parliament .

For the period as a British crown colony from October 10, 1874 to independence on October 10, 1970, Fiji had no foreign minister; Great Britain regulated foreign relations.

Foreign minister

#	minister		Political party	Term of office
1		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Alliance Party	1970-1982
2		Moses Quionibaravi	Alliance Party	1982-1984
3		Jonati Mavoa	Alliance Party	1984-1985
(1)		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Alliance Party	1985
4th		Semesa Sikivou	Alliance Party	1985-1986
(1)		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Alliance Party	1986-1987
5		Krishna Datt	Fiji Labor Party	1987
(1)		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Non-party	1987
6th		Filipe Bole	Non-party	1987-1988
(1)		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Non-party	1988-1992
(6)		Filipe Bole	Fijian Political Party	1992-1994
7th		Sitiveni Rabuka	Fijian Political Party	1994
(6)		Filipe Bole	Fijian Political Party	1994-1997
8th		Berenado Vunibobo	Fijian Political Party	1997-1999
9		Tupeni Baba	Fiji Labor Party	1999-2000
10		Kaliopate Tavola	United Fiji Party	2000-2006
-		Isikeli Mataitoga (interim)	Non-party	2006-2007
11		Ratu Epeli Nailatikau	Non-party	2007-2008
12		Commodore Frank Bainimarama	military	2008-2009
13		Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	Non-party	2009- 2014
(13)		Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	FijiFirst	2014 - current

See also : "Foreign Policy" in the Fiji article

Web links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - History , website of the Ministry (English)
• Rulers.org - Foreign ministers E – K

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Constitution of The Republic of Fiji ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2013, § 95, Paragraph 1 Appointment of Ministers . Retrieved August 16, 2015.