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.Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, chapter 4, part B.
Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister as chair and a number of Ministers.Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 91. 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.Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 95.
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.Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, section 95.
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) PositionMinisterPrime Minister Minister for Public Service Minister for Fijian Affairs Minister for Home AffairsTimoci BavadraDeputy Prime Minister Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Minister for InformationHarish SharmaAttorney General Minister for JusticeJai Ram ReddyMinister for Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryJoeli NacolaMinister for Communications, Transport and WorksAhmed BhamjiMinister for Education, Youth and SportTupeni BabaMinister of Finance and Economic PlanningMahendra ChaudhryMinister for Foreign Affairs and Civil AviationKrishna DattMinister for Health and Social WelfareSatendra NandanMinister for Labour and ImmigrationJoeli KalouMinister for Lands, Energy and Mineral ResourcesMosese VolavolaMinister for Trade, Industry and TourismNavin MaharajMinister of State for Cooperatives and Consumer AffairsChris HerbertMinister of State for Rural Development, Rehabilitation and ReliefTemo Sukanaivalu
3rd Cabinet (Mara 1982-1987) PositionMinisterPrime MinisterKamisese MaraDeputy Prime Minister Minister of Fijian Affairs and Rural DevelopmentPenaia GanilauAttorney GeneralManikam PillaiMinister of Agriculture and FisheriesJonati MavoaMinister of Communications and WorksSemesa SikivouMinister of Economic Planning and DevelopmentDavid ToganivaluMinister of Education and YouthAhmed AliMinister of Energy and MineralsPeter StinsonMinister of Employment and Industrial RelationsMohammed RamzanMinister of FinanceCharles WalkerMinister of Foreign Affairs Minister of TourismMosese QionibaraviMinister of Health and Social WelfareApenisa KurisaqilaMinister of Home AffairsWilliam ToganivaluMinister of Lands, Local Government and HousingMilitoni LeweniqilaMinister of Transport and Civil AviationTed BeddoesMinister of State for Co-operativesLivai NasilivataMinister of State for ForestsJosaia TavaiqiaMinister without PortfolioApisai ToraSource: Pacific Islands Monthly
2nd Cabinet (Mara 1977-1982) PositionMinisterPrime Minister Minister of Foreign AffairsKamisese MaraDeputy Prime Minister Minister of Fijian Affairs and Rural DevelopmentPenaia GanilauAttorney GeneralVijay R. SinghMinister of Agriculture and FisheriesCharles WalkerMinister of Commerce, Industry and Co-operativesMohammed RamzanMinister of Education and SportSemesa SikivouMinister of FinanceCharles StinsonMinister of HealthTed BeddoesMinister of Labour, Industrial Relations and ImmigrationDavid ToganivaluMinister of Tourism, Transport and Civil AviationTomasi VakatoraMinister of Urban Development and HousingJonati MavoaMinister of Works and CommunicationsJames Shankar SinghMinister of State for Co-operativesLivai NasilivataMinister of State for ForestsJosaia TavaiqiaMinister of State for InformationWilliam ToganivaluMinister of State for Lands and Mineral ResourcesMilitoni LeweniqilaMinister of State for Home AffairsSolomone MomoivaluMinister of State for Youth and SportVivekanand Sharma
1st Cabinet (Mara 1972-1977) PositionMinisterPrime MinisterKamisese MaraDeputy Prime MinisterEdward CakobauMinister for Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestsDouglas Walkden-BrownAttorney GeneralJohn FalveyMinister for Commerce, Industries and Co-operativesM. T. KhanMinister for Communications, Works and TourismPenaia GanilauMinister for Education, Youth and SportJone NaisaraMinister for Fijian AffairsWilliam ToganivaluMinister for FinanceCharles StinsonMinister for HealthJames Shankar SinghMinister for LabourJonati MavoaMinister for Lands, Mines and Mineral ResourcesJosua ToganivaluMinister of Urban Development, Housing and Social WelfareVijay R. SinghMinister without PortfolioGeorge CakobauSource: Pacific Islands Monthly
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