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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama has avoided jail and was discharged by the Magistrates Court on Thursday, after earlier this month being found guilty ...
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 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 ...
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Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama CF (MIL) OStJ MSD (Fijian: [tʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama]; born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian former politician and naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022.
Ratu Meli Bainimarama (24 September 1945 – 30 November 2023) [1] [2] was a Fijian civil servant and diplomat. He was the older brother of Fijian dictator Frank Bainimarama. Bainimarama hailed from the village of Kiuva, in Tailevu Province. [3] He joined the Fiji public service in 1967 as a cadet and rose through the ranks. [4]
Bainimarama then declared martial law, revoked the 1997 constitution, and declared himself head of state. [15] [16] Bainimarama made Josefa Iloilo the interim prime minister until elections were held the following year; these were won by Laisenia Qarase, an ethnic Fijian. The military put Speight and his co-conspirators on trial for treason and ...
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