Cabinet of Fiji

The Cabinet of Fiji is a Government body of Ministers 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.

Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister as chair and a number of Ministers. 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.

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.

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 2022 Fijian general elections:

List of Former Cabinets

4th Cabinet (Bavadra 1987-1987)

{| class="wikitable"

!Position

!Minister

|Prime Minister

Minister for Public Service

Minister for Fijian Affairs

Minister for Home Affairs

|Timoci Bavadra

|Deputy Prime Minister

Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs

Minister for Information

|Harish Sharma

|Attorney General

Minister for Justice

|Jai Ram Reddy

|Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

|Joeli Nacola

|Minister for Communications, Transport and Works

|Ahmed Bhamji

|Minister for Education, Youth and Sport

|Tupeni Baba

|Minister of Finance and Economic Planning

|Mahendra Chaudhry

|Minister for Foreign Affairs and Civil Aviation

|Krishna Datt

|Minister for Health and Social Welfare

|Satendra Nandan

|Minister for Labour and Immigration

|Joeli Kalou

|Minister for Lands, Energy and Mineral Resources

|Mosese Volavola

|Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism

|Navin Maharaj

|Minister of State for Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs

|Chris Herbert

|Minister of State for Rural Development, Rehabilitation and Relief

|Temo Sukanaivalu

3rd Cabinet (Mara 1982-1987)

{| class="wikitable"

!Position

!Minister

|Prime Minister

|Kamisese Mara

|Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Fijian Affairs and Rural Development

|Penaia Ganilau

|Attorney General

|Manikam Pillai

|Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

|Jonati Mavoa

|Minister of Communications and Works

|Semesa Sikivou

|Minister of Economic Planning and Development

|David Toganivalu

|Minister of Education and Youth

|Ahmed Ali

|Minister of Energy and Minerals

|Peter Stinson

|Minister of Employment and Industrial Relations

|Mohammed Ramzan

|Minister of Finance

|Charles Walker

|Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Tourism

|Mosese Qionibaravi

|Minister of Health and Social Welfare

|Apenisa Kurisaqila

|Minister of Home Affairs

|William Toganivalu

|Minister of Lands, Local Government and Housing

|Militoni Leweniqila

|Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation

|Ted Beddoes

|Minister of State for Co-operatives

|Livai Nasilivata

|Minister of State for Forests

|Josaia Tavaiqia

|Minister without Portfolio

|Apisai Tora

| colspan="2" |Source: Pacific Islands Monthly

2nd Cabinet (Mara 1977-1982)

{| class="wikitable"

!Position

!Minister

|Prime Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs

|Kamisese Mara

|Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Fijian Affairs and Rural Development

|Penaia Ganilau

|Attorney General

|Vijay R. Singh

|Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

|Charles Walker

|Minister of Commerce, Industry and Co-operatives

|Mohammed Ramzan

|Minister of Education and Sport

|Semesa Sikivou

|Minister of Finance

|Charles Stinson

|Minister of Health

|Ted Beddoes

|Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Immigration

|David Toganivalu

|Minister of Tourism, Transport and Civil Aviation

|Tomasi Vakatora

|Minister of Urban Development and Housing

|Jonati Mavoa

|Minister of Works and Communications

|James Shankar Singh

|Minister of State for Co-operatives

|Livai Nasilivata

|Minister of State for Forests

|Josaia Tavaiqia

|Minister of State for Information

|William Toganivalu

|Minister of State for Lands and Mineral Resources

|Militoni Leweniqila

|Minister of State for Home Affairs

|Solomone Momoivalu

|Minister of State for Youth and Sport

|Vivekanand Sharma

1st Cabinet (Mara 1972-1977)

{| class="wikitable"

!Position

!Minister

|Prime Minister

|Kamisese Mara

|Deputy Prime Minister

|Edward Cakobau

|Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests

|Douglas Walkden-Brown

|Attorney General

|John Falvey

|Minister for Commerce, Industries and Co-operatives

|M. T. Khan

|Minister for Communications, Works and Tourism

|Penaia Ganilau

|Minister for Education, Youth and Sport

|Jone Naisara

|Minister for Fijian Affairs

|William Toganivalu

|Minister for Finance

|Charles Stinson

|Minister for Health

|James Shankar Singh

|Minister for Labour

|Jonati Mavoa

|Minister for Lands, Mines and Mineral Resources

|Josua Toganivalu

|Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Social Welfare

|Vijay R. Singh

|Minister without Portfolio

|George Cakobau

| colspan="2" |Source: Pacific Islands Monthly

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