List of heads of state of Fiji

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Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Sidebar". This article lists the heads of state of Fiji, from the establishment of the Kingdom of Fiji in 1871 to the present day.

Currently, the head of state of Fiji is the president of the republic, appointed by the Parliament for a three-year term under the terms of the Constitution of 2013.[1]

The current president is Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu. He was elected on 31 October 2024,[2][3] and sworn in on 12 November 2024.[2]

Tui Viti (King of Fiji) (1871–1874)

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Note that Cakobau had been the Vunivalu (Warlord/Paramount Chief) of Bau since 1852. He had long styled himself the Tui Viti (King of Fiji), but had not been recognised as such by other chiefs, and he exercised no direct authority outside his domain of Bau until he united the country under his leadership in 1871. His ancestors, going back as far as 1770, have often – erroneously – been listed as "kings" of Fiji.

British period (1874–1970)

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Governors

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Queen of Fiji (1970–1987)

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Governors-general

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Monarch
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Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:Arms of Fiji.svg Sir Robert Sidney Foster
(1913–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10 October 1970 13 January 1973 Template:Ayd File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
2 File:George Cakobau (cropped).jpg Ratu Sir George Cakobau
(1912–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13 January 1973 12 February 1983 Template:Ayd
3 File:Penaia Ganilau (cropped).jpg Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
(1918–1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		12 February 1983 6 October 1987 Template:Ayd

Presidents (1987–present)

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Timeline

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bar:Victoria
 from: 10/10/1874 till: 22/01/1901 color:bmonarch text:"Victoria"
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 from: 06/05/1910 till: 20/01/1936 color:bmonarch text:"George V"
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 from: 20/01/1936 till: 11/12/1936 color:bmonarch text:"Edward VIII"
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 from: 11/12/1936 till: 06/02/1952 color:bmonarch text:"George VI"
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 from: 10/10/1970 till: 06/10/1987 color:fmonarch text:"Elizabeth II"
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bar:Iloilo
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 from: 04/01/2007 till: 30/07/2009 color:ind      text:"Josefa Iloilo"
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 from: 01/01/2024 till: 12/11/2024 color:pa       text:"Wiliame Katonivere"
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See also

References

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