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Sitiveni Rabuka
Head of government Active
Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji · Principal · De jure
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Fiji
Fiji
Fiji
Primary executive
Head of state
Original
US Embassy Suva via Wikimedia Commons · US Embassy Suva · Public Domain · Original
Editorial profile v1
Verified country brief
Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.
- Executive system
- Parliamentary republic · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of government
- Why this office is primary
- The President is the non-executive head of state, while the Prime Minister leads the Cabinet and must command parliamentary confidence, making the Prime Minister the dominant executive office.
Government
Rabuka coalition government
Dec 24, 2022 · De jure
The People's Alliance
PA
National Federation Party
NFP
Social Democratic Liberal Party
SODELPA
Legislature and composition
UnicameralParliament of the Republic of Fiji
Dec 24, 2022
Parliament
55 SeatsFijiFirst26 / 55
PA21 / 55
NFP5 / 55
SODELPA3 / 55
Next election
Date not scheduledNext Fijian general election
Date not scheduled ·
- Electoral system
- Parliament has a four-year term under the Constitution; no polling date or official candidate list has been published for the next general election.
Latest election
Completed2022 Fijian general election
Dec 14, 2022 ·
- Electoral system
- Fifty-five members are elected by open-list proportional representation in one nationwide constituency; Parliament appoints as Prime Minister the member who can command its confidence.
- Published result
- FijiFirst · 26 Seats; Sitiveni Rabuka · 21 Seats; NFP · 5 Seats; SODELPA · 3 Seats
Current policy issues
- 1Cost of living and inclusive economic growthParliament of Fiji - President address opening Parliament in 2026
- 2Good governance, security and accountabilityGovernment of Fiji - 2026 governance and national resilience priorities
- 3Climate resilience and sustainable developmentParliament of Fiji - President address opening Parliament in 2026, Government of Fiji - 2026 governance and national resilience priorities
- 4Health, education and resilient infrastructureParliament of Fiji - President address opening Parliament in 2026
Indexed party landscape
Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.
- Tracked parties
- 22
- Active in source
- 7
- Historical in source
- 15
- parties shown
- 22
- Founded
- 1985
- Founded
- 2014
- Founded
- 1968
People's Alliance
Party Active
- Founded
- 2013
- Founded
- 1990
- Founded
- 2017
- Founded
- 1992
- Founded
- 1965
- Founded
- 1994
- Founded
- 1975
- Founded
- 1990
More parties (10)
- Founded
- 2001
- Founded
- 1977
- Founded
- 1977
- Founded
- 2001
- Founded
- 1998
- Founded
- 2013
- Founded
- 2001
- Founded
- 2000
- Founded
- 1997
- Founded
- 1982
Legislature
PartialHouse of Representatives
Sources
10
- 1Parliament of Fiji - Constitution of the Republic of Fijicitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 2Parliament of Fiji - appointment of Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu as Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3Parliament of Fiji - President address opening Parliament in 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4Fijian Elections Office - 2022 General Election reportcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5Parliament of Fiji - elections and current legislaturecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6Government of Fiji - 2026 governance and national resilience prioritiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7Fiji official constitutional institutionscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 9Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 10Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
Political world map
Melanesia
FijiPrimary executive: Sitiveni RabukaHead of state: Ratu Naiqama LALABALAVUPartial
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