Mereseini Vuniwaqa

Mereseini Vuniwaqa is a Fijian politician, Cabinet Minister, and Member of the Parliament of Fiji. She is currently the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation.

Mereseini Vuniwaqa
Vuniwaqa meeting the Australian Ambassador, Australian Embassy, March 2018
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation
Assumed office
21 November 2018
Prime MinisterFrank Bainimarama
Preceded byRosy Akbar
Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources
In office
23 September 2014 – 21 November 2018
Personal details
Political partyFijiFirst

Vuniwaqa is a lawyer and former civil servant.[1] She holds a law degree from the University of Tasmania and a postgraduate diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University.[2] Since 1998 she has worked as a State solicitor for Fiji's Office of the Attorney General.[2] She was appointed as chair of the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji in 2008.[2] From January 2012 to March 2013 she was Acting Permanent Secretary for Justice and acting supervisor of elections.[3] She resigned suddenly in March 2013 for personal reasons.[4]

Vuniwaqa was elected in the 2014 election, in which she won 1,175 votes.[5] She was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources in September 2014.[6] She was elected again in the 2018 election, and subsequently appointed Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation.[7]

References
  1. "Mrs. Mereseini Vuniwaqa". Fiji First. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  2. "ITU Regional Office for Asia & Pacific Regional Office: Biography". International Telecommunications Union. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  3. "Fiji's National Federation Party objects against FijiFirst candidates". Islands Business. 2014-08-22. Archived from the original on 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  4. "Fiji political party registrar suddenly resigns, citing personal reasons". Radio New Zealand International. 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  5. "2014 Election Results". Fiji Elections Office. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  6. "20-member Cabinet announced". FBC. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  7. Talebula Kate (22 November 2018). "Cabinet ministers sworn-in". Fiji Times. Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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