Cabinet of Fiji

The Cabinet of Fiji is Fiji's 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 type	Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic
Constitution	Constitution of Fiji
Legislative branch
Name	Parliament of Fiji
Type	Unicameral
Presiding officer	Epeli Nailatikau, Honorable Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State
Title	President
Currently	Jioji Konrote
Appointer	Parliament
Head of Government
Title	Prime Minister
Currently	Frank Bainimarama
Appointer	President
Cabinet
Name	Cabinet of Fiji
Current cabinet	Cabinet of Frank Bainimarama
Leader	Prime Minister
Judicial branch
Courts	The Supreme Court, The High Court, Court of Appeal, and The Magistrates Court

Fiji
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Constitution History
Executive President Jioji Konrote Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama Cabinet Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Leader of the Opposition Sitiveni Rabuka
Legislative Parliament Speaker: Epeli Nailatikau
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice:Kamal Kumar Court of Appeal High Court
Local government Recent municipal elections 2002 2005
Former and informal Monarchy Governor Governor-General Chief Minister Executive Council Legislative Council Great Council of Chiefs Vice-President
Elections Electoral system Voting Constituencies Open Communal National Political parties Post-independence elections 1972 Mar 1977 Sep 1977 1982 1987 1992 1994 1999 2001 2006 2014 2018
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister: Frank Bainimarama Diplomatic missions of / in Fiji Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Other countries

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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.