Cabinet of Fiji

The Cabinet of Fiji is the Fiji a Government's body of Ministers. It is 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]

Politics of Fiji
Polity typeParliamentary Representative Democratic Republic
ConstitutionConstitution of Fiji
Legislative branch
NameParliament of Fiji
TypeUnicameral
Presiding officerEpeli Nailatikau, Honorable Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State
TitlePresident
CurrentlyJioji Konrote
AppointerParliament
Head of Government
TitlePrime Minister
CurrentlyFrank Bainimarama
AppointerPresident
Cabinet
NameCabinet of Fiji
Current cabinetCabinet of Frank Bainimarama
LeaderPrime Minister
Judicial branch
CourtsThe Supreme Court, The High Court, Court of Appeal, and The Magistrates Court
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Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister as chair and a number of Ministers.[2] With the exception of the Attorney-General, they must be members of Parliament. Ministers hold office at the pleasure of the Prime Minister, or until they resign or cease to be MPs.[3]

The cabinet is responsible to Parliament. Ministers must provide regular reports to Parliament on their areas of responsibility and must appear before Parliament or any committee on a request to answer questions about their areas of responsibility.[4]

Prior to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état and the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Fiji's Cabinet was governed by the 1997 Constitution. An unusual feature of the constitution was to require a compulsory coalition cabinet, with every political party with more than 8 seats in the 71-member parliament required to be offered a proportionate number of cabinet posts. The model was not successfully implemented for nearly a decade, with the governments of both Mahendra Chaudhry and Laisenia Qarase refusing to offer Cabinet seats to their political opponents. It was only after the 2006 election that a full multi-party Cabinet was appointed. The multi-party model was not continued in the 2013 constitution.

Current cabinet

After the 2018 General elections:

Party key FijiFirst
Cabinet of Fiji: November 2018 – present
Portrait Portfolio Incumbent
Prime Minister
Minister for iTaukei Affairs
Minister for Sugar
Foreign Affairs		 Frank Bainimarama
Attorney-General
Minister for Justice,Economy, Civil Service, Communications and Public Enterprises		 Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Minister for Local Government
Housing and Commercial Development		 Premila Kumar
Minister for National Security and Defence Inia Seruiratu
Minister for Fisheries Semi Koroilavesau
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa
Minister for Employment, Productivity
Industrial Relations
Youth and Sports		 Parveen Bala
Minister for Education and Heritage, Arts Rosy Akbar
Minister of Agriculture
Environment, Rural and Maritime Development
Waterways		 Mahendra Reddy
Minister for Health and Medical Services Ifereimi Waqainabete
Minister for Infrastructure
Transport
Disaster Management and Meteorological services		 Jone Usamate
Minister for Forestry Osea Naiqamu
Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport Faiyaz Koya
Assistant Ministers
Assistant Minister for Education, Heritage & Arts Joseph Nand
Assistant Minister for Agriculture
Environment, Rural and Maritime Development
Waterways		 Viam Pillay
Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation
Deputy Speaker of the House		 Veena Bhatnagar
Assistant Minister for Agriculture
Environment, Rural and Maritime Development
Waterways		 Jale Sigarara
Assistant Minister for Health Alexander O'Connor
Assistant Minister for Local Government, Housing & Community Development Vijay Nath
Assistant Minister for Employment, Productivity
Industrial Relations
Youth and Sports		 Alvikh Maharaj
Assistant Minister for Sugar George Vegnathan
Others
Speaker of the House Epeli Nailatikau
Leader of Opposition Sitiveni Rabuka
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References
  1. Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, chapter 4, part B.
  2. Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 91.
  3. Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 95.
  4. Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 95.
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