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The Fijian coups d'état of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic. The first coup d'état, in which Bavadra was deposed, took place on 14 May 1987; a second coup d'état on 25 September ended the ...
Fiji coup. 1 language. ... 2000 Fijian coup d'état; 2006 Fijian coup d'état; See also. 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis This page was last edited on 1 ...
First 1987 Fijian coup d'état [11] (1987) Fijian Government: Royal Fiji Military Forces Military Victory: Second 1987 Fijian coup d'état [11] (1987) Royal Fiji Military Forces Fijian Government: Victory
Fiji is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations. 1999: First general election held under the 1997 Constitution won by Fiji Labour Party (FLP). Mahendra Chaudhry becomes first Prime Minister of Indian descent. 2000: 19 May – civilian coup d'état instigated by George Speight effectively topples the Chaudhry government.
Category: Military coups in Fiji. 8 languages. ... 2006 Fijian coup d'état; F. 1987 Fijian coups d'état; I. Interim Cabinet of Fiji; P. 2005–2006 Fijian political ...
The resulting 1997 Constitution of Fiji failed to resolve underlying tensions over power and land ownership, and the election of Mahendra Chaudhry as Fiji's first Indo-Fijian prime minister resulted in an attempt to restore i-Taukei supremacy in the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. The 2000 coup saw significant human rights abuses, both as part of the ...
Less than a month later, Dr. Bavadra was forcibly removed from power during a military coup led by Lt. Col. Sitiveni Rabuka on 14 May 1987. After a period of continued jockeying and negotiation, Rabuka staged a second coup on 25 September 1987. The military government revoked the constitution and declared Fiji a republic on 10 October.
Fiji was a Crown colony until 1970, when it gained independence as the Dominion of Fiji. A republic was declared in 1987, following a series of coups d'état. In a coup in 2006, Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power.