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The Office is currently vacant, although Deputy Solicitor-General Sharvada Sharma has been acting in the position to date. Unlike the Attorney-General, who holds political office as a member of the House of Representatives or Senate , the Solicitor-General is a civil servant .
The office of the attorney-general is the oldest surviving executive office in Fiji, having been established in the Kingdom of Fiji in 1872. It continued throughout Fiji's years as a British crown colony (1874–1970) and subsequently as the Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987) and republic (1987–present), with minimal modifications.
Siromi Dokonivalu Turaga is a Fijian lawyer, politician, and cabinet minister who served as Attorney-General of Fiji from 2022 to 2024. He is a member of the People's Alliance . Turaga was born in Tovulailai on Nairai in the Lomaiviti Islands and educated at AOG Primary School in Kinoya and Central Fijian School in Nausori . [ 1 ]
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A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general is often the second-ranked law officer of the state and a deputy of the attorney general.
In some countries, the head of the department may be called the attorney general, for example in the United States. [3] Monaco is an example of a country that does not have a ministry of justice, but rather a Directorate of Judicial Services (head: Secretary of Justice) that oversees the administration of justice. [ 4 ]
The office and its responsibilities are set out in Chapter 5 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. [1] The chief justice is appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. He is appointed by the President, and nominated by the prime minister, who is required by the Constitution to consult the attorney-general (Section 106-1
Buwaneka Aluwihare PC is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. He is a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Fiji.Prior to his appointment as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, he served as a Deputy Solicitor General of the Attorney General's Department.