Fiji Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Fiji

Type· independent parliamentary state within Commonwealth; Elizabeth II recognized as chief of state

Capital: Suva, located on the south coast of the island of Viti Levu

Political subdivisions: 4 divisions

Legal system: based on British system

National holiday- Fiji Day, 10 October

Branches: executive—Prime Minister and Cabinet; legislative—52-member House of Representatives; 22-member appointed Senate; judicial—Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Magistrate’s Courts

Government leader: Ratu Sir Kamisese MAR A, Prime Minister (since 1966 [as Chief Minister during preindependence days])

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: every five years unless House dissolves earlier; last held July 1982

Political parties: Alliance, primarily Fijian, headed by Ratu Mara; National Federation, primarily Indian, headed by Siddiq Koya;

Western United Front, Fijian, Ratu Osea Gauidi; Fiji Labor Party (founded in mid-1985), headed by Dr. Timoci Bavadra

Finiand

Voting strength: (July 1982) House of Representatives—(Alliance Party 28 seats; National Federation Party/Western United Front coalition 24 seats

Communists: some

Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth, EC (associate), ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU, SPF, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Fiji on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Fiji 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Fiji 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.