The 74-year-old won the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama

Sitiveni Rabuka was confirmed as Fiji’s next Prime Minister over 20 years once the previous military commander initial command the workplace during a term lasting nearly seven years. The 74-year-old won the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the Fijian Parliament in national capital. It conjointly signals the top of former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama’s sixteen years in power. within the 55-member Parliament of Republic of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka secured twenty eight votes against Bainimarama’s twenty seven votes.

Mr. Sitiveni Rabuka , the top of the People’s Alliance Party, was elevated to the position once forming a majority coalition with 2 different parties following last week’s shut and contentious election. He was the instigator of 2 military coups in 1987. He was democratically nonappointive as Prime Minister of Republic of Fiji, serving from 1992 to 1999, and once more in 2022 leading a many-sided coalition. He conjointly served as Chairman of the nice Council of Chiefs from 1999 to 2001, and later as Chairman of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council from 2001 to 2008.