Josefa Dimuri
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Ratu Josefa Nalumuialevu Dimuri is a Fijian chief and politician,[1] who served as a Senator[2] from 2001 to 2006, when he was elected to the House of Representatives. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of State for Agriculture, Alternative Livelihood, and Outer Island Development.
[edit] Political career
A former Fiji Times journalist, Dimuri contested the Macuata Fijian Communal Constituency on behalf of then-Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's Fijian Political Party (SVT), but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Alliance candidate, Poseci Bune. In 2001, he contested the Bua-Macuata West Open Constituency, this time as a candidate of the newly formed Conservative Alliance (CAMV), and lost again. The Macuata Provincial Council, however, chose Dimuri to represent the province in the Senate. Fourteen Senators are chosen by the Great Council of Chiefs, but in practice the Great Council has chosen to delegate this prerogative to Fiji's fourteen provincial councils, each of which chooses one Senator.
[edit] References
- ^ "Criticism in Fiji over release of Lalabalavu and Dimuri". Radio New Zealand International. 14 April 2005. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?id=16132&op=read. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Fiji Senator calls for investigation into coups and bank collapse". Radio New Zealand International. 28 May 2003. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=5469. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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