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<text>
<title>
Fiji: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Fiji
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of Fiji</l>
<l> conventional short form: Fiji</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: FJ
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>note: military coup leader Maj. Gen. Sitiveni RABUKA formally
declared Fiji a republic on 6 October 1987
</p>
<p>Capital: Suva
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 4 divisions and 1 dependency*;
Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*, Western
</p>
<p>Independence: 10 October 1970 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 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 currently
still under review (February 1993)
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on British system
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 10 October (1970)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Fijian Political Party (SVT -
primarily Fijian), leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini RABUKA; National
Federation Party (NFP; primarily Indian), Siddiq KOYA; Christian
Fijian Nationalist Party (CFNP), Sakeasi BUTADROKA; Fiji Labor
Party (FLP), Jokapeci KOROI; All National Congress (ANC), Apisai
TORA; General Voters Party (GVP), Max OLSSON; 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
</p>
<p>Suffrage: none
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> House of Representatives: last held 23-29 May 1992 (next to
be held NA 1997); 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 NA
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet, Great
Councils of Chiefs (highest ranking members of the traditional
chiefly system)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: the bicameral Parliament, consisting of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of
Representatives, was dissolved following the coup of 14 May
1987; the Constitution of 23 September 1988 provides for a
bicameral Parliament
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Ratu Sir Penaia Kanatabatu GANILAU
(since 5 December 1987); Vice President Ratu Sir Kamisese MARA
(since 14 April 1992); Vice President Ratu Sir Josaia TAIVAIQIA
(since 14 April 1992)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Sitiveni RABUKA (since 2
June 1992); Deputy Prime Minister Filipe BOLE (since 11 June
1992); Deputy Prime Minister Ratu Timoci VESIKULA (since 11 June
1993)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACP, AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU,
LORCS, PCA, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNOSOM, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Pita Kewa NACUVA</l>
<l> chancery: Suite 240, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20007</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 337-8320</l>
<l> consulate: New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Evelyn I. H. TEEGEN</l>
<l> embassy: 31 Loftus Street, Suva</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 218, Suva</l>
<l> telephone: [679] 314-466</l>
<l> FAX: [679] 300-081</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: 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
</p></body></article></text>