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Bainimarama is a sports enthusiast, with a particular passion for rugby union and athletics; he became president of the Fiji Rugby Union on 31 May 2014. [60] In January 2022, he underwent heart surgery in Melbourne, Australia.
Bainimarama had led his government for 16 years, first as a military dictator following a 2006 coup and then as a prime minister who was democratically elected in 2014 and 2018.
Bainimarama led the Pacific island nation for 16 years until narrowly losing an election in December 2022 to a coalition of parties led by current Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. A former military ...
Bainimarama was initially spared jail in the case during sentencing last month, before being overturned on appeal. A former military chief, Bainimarama came to power in a 2006 coup and later won ...
Bainimarama announced on 6 December that the military had taken control of the government as executive authority in the running of the country. [47] In addition to President Iloilo and Prime Minister Qarase, Bainimarama dismissed a number of public servants.
On 31 July, President Iloilo, 88 years old and thought to be ill, retired after having served since 2000 through all the coups, except for one month in 2006 when Bainimarama gave himself Presidential powers. Iloilo was replaced by the vice-president, Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, a former military commander. Under the 1997 ...
Interim Prime Minister Bainimarama announced on 28 July 2009, that President Iloilo had informed him that afternoon of his intention to retire from office on 30 July. [10] No reason was given, but media outlets pointed out that at the age of 88, he was the world's oldest Head of State .
Iloilo was re-instated as President on 4 January 2007. In January 2008, Bainimarama stated that the military was "the executive authority in the appointment of the President", following the suspension of the Great Council of Chiefs. The president would be a military appointee, until a reformed GCC were installed. [4]