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	Prime Minister Of Fiji: 1970 1992 - Kamisese Mara
		A Fiji election of 1977 (September) to resolve the impasse in September that year, however, appeared to vindicate Cakobau, when the Alliance Party won a record 36 seats out of 52.
		In the Fiji election of 1987, Mara was finally defeated by a multiracial coalition led by Dr Timoci Bavadra.
		Fiji coups of 1987 led by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka seriously undermined the social and economic stability, and the international prestige, of Fiji.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Afra2837/kamisese-mara-prime-minister-of-fiji-1970-1992.html (363 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Asia - Fiji
		Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
		Fiji's legal system is that of a common law tradition, based on the British system, with early Roman and modern continental influences; has judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations.
		Fiji and Tonga are also parties to the 1961 UN Single Convention, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, and the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/asia_pacific/fiji.html (4589 words)

	Fiji HISTORY
		He and his majority party won elections in 1972, 1977, and 1982, but lost the April 1987 elections to a coalition of the Indian-based National Federation Party and the Labour Party.
		Elections were to be held within six months, and the council was to propose constitutional revisions that would safeguard the political dominance of indigenous Fijians.
		In 1999, parliamentary elections were held that resulted in a government led by Mahendra Chaudhry, leader of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP), who became the first Indian prime minister of Fiji.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Fiji-HISTORY.html (1145 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet / Recursos Electorales en la Internet
		The results of legislative elections held in Sweden from 1973 to 2006, as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Swedish legislature are available in Elections to the Swedish Riksdag.
		The results of legislative elections held in Norway from 1985 to 2005, as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Norwegian legislature are available in Elections to the Norwegian Storting.
		Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
	electionresources.org (1562 words)

	Local Government in Asia and the Pacific - Fiji
		Fiji is located in the South Pacific Ocean between latitude 15 and 22 degrees South and longitude 175 degrees East and 178 degrees West.
		A distinct feature of urban development in Fiji is the primacy of Suva and the metropolitan area, which is demonstrated by adding the populations of the adjacent areas of Lami and Nausori to the population of the Suva Urban Centre.
		Fiji became a British Crown Colony after the Chiefs ceded Fiji to the British Crown under the Deed of Cession of 10 October 1874.This deed was executed in Levuka which was the largest urban centre of that time, being the main seaport servicing commercial activities in eastern Fiji.
	www.unescap.org /huset/lgstudy/country/fiji/fiji.html (7361 words)

	Rob Kay's Fiji Islands Travel Guide - History, Fiji information, Fiji Islands, tourism, travel, surfing, diving, scuba, ...
		The early explorers knew Fiji to be dangerous, an unknown area inhabited by unpredictable cannibals and strewn with treacherous reefs--in short, a place one avoided.
		Fiji became attractive because of the belief that the British were going to annex it, and economically as a cotton-growing center for European markets which were deprived of this commodity during the American Civil War.
		Fiji's economy has been on then mend over the past few years but it still has to contend with the decline of sugar as a prime source of revenue and a nearly two decades long brain drain and flight of capital due to the past political unrest.
	www.fijiguide.com /Facts/history.html (2274 words)

	Historical Timeline - Fiji Government Online
		Fiji had to have two general elections this year after the first, which was won by the National federation Party could not get started because of internal bickering amongst NFP members, notably Siddiq Koya and Karam Ramrakha.
		The General Election was won by the Coalition NFP-FLP, and resulted in the relegation of former PM, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Alliance MP to the Opposition, while Dr Timoci Bavadra was sworn in as Prime Minister.
		The first general elections under the new 1990 constitution was conducted and the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei took control of the polls.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/historical_timeline.shtml (2616 words)

	Fiji - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fiji is a Sovereign Democratic Republic and its Parliament may legislate for the peace, welfare and good government of the State in all matters.
		On April, 1987, the fifth general election since Independence was held and it also marked the end of a 17 — year old rule by the Alliance Party and the birth of the new Bavadra Government which was a coalition of the National Federation Party and the Fiji Labour Party.
		Fiji returned to parliamentary democracy on the 29 June, 1992 when His Excellency the President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, opened the First Session of the new Parliament House.
	www.appf.org.pe /countries/fiji/history.htm (608 words)

	CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE
		Election of members of the Committee shall ensure an equitable representation of the different regions and cultures of the world.
		Article 17 The States Parties to this Convention shall consider or encourage the establishment of national public and private foundations or associations whose purpose is to invite donations for the protection of the cultural and natural heritage as defined in Articles 1 and 2 of this Convention.
		The Convention was adopted by the Seventeenth Session of the UNESCO General Conference (October 17-November 18, 1972) by a vote of 75-1, with 17 abstentions.
	sedac.ciesin.org /entri/texts/world.heritage.1972.html (2662 words)

	Ratu Sir George Cakobau Biography
		Ratu Sir George Cakobau (1912-1989) was Governor General of Fiji from 1972 to 1982.
		A great-grandson of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King of Bau who had unified all the tribes of Fiji under his reign in the mid-1800s and subsequently ceded the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874, Ratu Cakobau was Fiji’s highest-ranking traditional chief.
		Ratu Cakobau, was appointed Governor General in 1972, becoming the first indigenous Fijian to serve as the representative of Queen Elizabeth.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Cakobau_Ratu_Sir_George.html (443 words)

	Fiji since Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		At independence, the Prince of Wales was at Albert Park in Suva to reverse cession, amid elaborate Fijian ceremonies, and to proclaim Fiji a newly independent dominion of the commonwealth.
		His dominance was confirmed by the 1972 Elections, which his Alliance won with a wide margin against the National Federation Party.
		In Fiji this transition was especially artificial because Fijians, almost half of the population, had been deliberately shielded from any contact or experience with democratic government.
	www.undp.org.fj /elections/Fiji/hist_independence.htm (481 words)

	Timeline Fiji
		1867 In Fiji Rev. Thomas Baker was murdered and eaten by cannibals at Nubutautau, a remote community high in the hills of the South Pacific island of Viti Levu.
		The paramount chief of the Lau Islands of eastern Fiji, he was revered for holding together bickering tribes as he welded Fiji into a stable, multiracial nation after 96 years of colonial British rule.
		2006 May 17, Fiji's caretaker PM Laisenia Qarase claimed victory in parliamentary elections and said he was committed to improving the South Pacific country's relations between indigenous Fijians and the ethnic Indian minority.
	timelines.ws /countries/FIJI.HTML (1265 words)

	AnthroGlobe Bibliography: Fijian Society
		Campbell, I. 1987 The Fiji Coup: Harbinger or Aberration?
		Larmour, Peter 1991 Legitimacy and Sovereignty in the South Pacific: the Fiji Coups and the Bougainville Rebellion.
		MacNaught, Timothy J 1971 'The Subjugation of the Highlands of Viti Levu, Fiji'.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /Biblio/biblio_fiji1.html (5314 words)

	rediff.com:Speight's supporter is new Fiji President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Deposed Fiji prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 17 other political hostages were freed today after 55 days in captivity and a supporter of coup leader George Speight was appointed as the new president of the island nation.
		Soon after their release, Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs appointed Ratu Josefa Iloila, a supporter of Speight, as the island nation's new president.
		Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian premier, emerged from his ordeal battered but unbowed, insisting his priority was to get the country back on its feet.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jul/13fiji1.htm (667 words)

	Hon. Leweniqila - Response to H.E.'s Address in Parliament - Fiji Government Online
		Fiji was too comfortable to refuse with the beautiful tropical climate, the richness of the soil and the potential to succeed.
		At this privileged position of the Fijians, its history, logic and vision must be appreciated, understood and respected by all, for in it lies the foundation of the modern, peaceful and prosperous Fiji.
		Independence came in 1970, our first election was in 1972 and in just the second elections of 1977, Ratu Mara and his Alliance Party were defeated.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/printer_5210.shtml (4669 words)

	Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online
		(3) The first elections to the central committee shall be held within three months of the commencement of this Order, and thereafter elections shall be held biennially on the anniversary of the first elections or as close thereto as may be, in the opinion of the central committee, expedient.
		such elections to be held in the manner hereinafter provided in the month of November in each second year, the first such election to be held in the month of November, 1972.
		The pay of all inspectorate and subordinate officers shall be as set forth in the approved annual estimates of Fiji and shall be paid at such intervals being not greater than one month as the Commissioner with the approval of the Minister may direct.
	www.itc.gov.fj /lawnet/fiji_act/cap85.html (12609 words)

	The Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Fiji Labour Party (FLP) has taken the May 8, 1999 Fiji elections by storm, winning a majority 37 seats of the 71 seat parliament.
		A main issue in the election was the new Constitution with its concept of a multi-party, multi-racial government.
		The nationalist Tako Lavo Party, led by Sakeasi Butadroka, the lone survivor of Fiji's first elections after independence in 1972, advocates that indigenous Fijians should have most of the land and be the sole voice in government.
	www.zip.com.au /~cpa/garchive/957fiji.htm (305 words)

	1972 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		We thought it might be interesting to look back on other stories from 1972 not only for the purpose of understanding our own history but for the instructive parallels with current events and the 1996 election cycle.
		On January 6, 1972, cross-hair stickers (the symbol of the SAO) were placed on the doors of three San Diego State College professors, including Bohmer.
		SAO thrived in San Diego until the June 1972 bombing of the Guild Theatre led to the group's fall from grace.
	www-crca.ucsd.edu /~esisco/friendlyfire/A1972.html (3621 words)

	Untitled Document
		Unless otherwise indicated, the date signifies the year women were granted the right both to vote and to stand for election.
		election), Panama, Romania, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,
		In Saudi Arabia, men were granted the right to vote for the first time in 2005, but women were explicitly denied the right of sufferage.
	www.iwdc.org /resources/suffrage.htm (501 words)

	Ethnic Tensions Swirl Around Those of Indian Descent in Sri Lanka and Fiji
		In political terms, of course, the Tamils of Sri Lanka are Sri Lankans and the Indians of Fiji are Fijians.
		In Fiji, the seeds of conflict are similar.
		Despite election by the majority of the voters, Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first prime minister of Indian descent, has been ousted from office and taken hostage by armed indigenous Fijian rebels.
	www.commondreams.org /views/053000-102.htm (1046 words)

	Fiji election of 1987 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The general election of April 1987 was Fiji's fifth since the country had gained its independence from the United Kingdom seventeen years earlier.
		The Alliance Party of the longtime Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, was defeated by a multiracial coalition, consisting of the Fiji Labour Party (contesting the election for the first time), the Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party, and two smaller parties, the Western United Front and the Fiji Nationalist Party.
		In the House of Representatives, the coalition won a total of 28 seats to the Alliance's 24, and Dr Timoci Bavadra, the leader of the coalition, became Prime Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiji_election_of_1987 (330 words)

	Law.com - Primary Colors
		We asked three politically oriented in-housers about their favorite election memories, how they got into the biz, and who received their first votes.
		In spite of his disappointment with the outcome of the 2000 election, Birkenstock has no regrets about his career choice.
		But the attorney's favorite memory is of election night in 1980 -- "Ronald Reagan became president, and the Republicans took over the Senate." The results of that night did more to further his political career than anything else.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1032128807120 (674 words)

	Fiji election of 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fiji held a general election in 1994, three years earlier than scheduled.
		The election produced little change among the 38 seats in the House of Representatives that were reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman Islanders.
		The Fiji Labour Party lost 6 of its 13 seats, with the National Federation Party winning the remaining 20.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiji_election_of_1994 (284 words)

	13 Jul History: This Date
		Fiji's coup leaders released their remaining 18 captives, ending a 2-month-old parliamentary hostage crisis.
		In 1972, Wallace ran for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, but was seriously wounded by a would-be assassin.
		The new elections to the chamber returned a majority of republicans, and the de Broglie ministry was given a vote of “no confidence.” The succeeding ministry, headed by Rochebouët, also collapsed.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jul/h4jul13.html (8849 words)

	It's Time For Leadership - 1972 ALP Policy Speech - Gough Whitlam [November 13, 1972]
		The policy speech delivered by Gough Whitlam for the 1972 Federal elections is one of the few such speeches that are remembered decades on.
		It is the Liberal Party whose election proposals are those which it has denounced and derided for 23 years.
		It is because of the automatic and inevitable massive growth in Commonwealth revenues that a whole range of Labor proposals denounced and derided by the Liberals for years and years have suddenly become possible and desirable on this election eve.
	www.australianpolitics.com /elections/1972/72-11-13_it's-time.shtml (13279 words)

	CANNABIS-CAMPAIGNERS-GUIDE-CHRONOLOGY
		1972 AD : Baan Commission presents report to Dutch Minister of Health and suggests that cannabis trade below a quarter of a kilo ought to be considered as a misdemeanour only.
		Howard Marks as Parliamentary Candidate for Legalising Cannabis in the General Election.
		FIJI: Marijuana a Fiji Election Issue: A Fijian high chief has said his people should be shot dead if found planting marijuana
	www.ccguide.org.uk /chronol.php (7208 words)

	News from the Washington File
		Since I was first elected to the Senate in 1972, I have run for re-election four times.
		So, as those of you who represent democratic nations well know, public opinion polls can be constructed to tell you anything the poll takers want you to hear.
		And yet they have heard comments here in New York constantly calling the United States a "deadbeat." They have heard UN officials declaring absurdly that countries like Fiji and Bangladesh are carrying America's burden in peacekeeping.
	www.fas.org /news/usa/2000/000120-un-usia1.htm (3962 words)

	General Clark and Anybody But Dean - SOHH.com Global Forum
		It is an article of faith among professional politicians that a divisive primary battle can be fatal to a successful general election campaign.
		He described it as an analog of what he called "Fiji math." "In Fiji," he said, "they used to count as follows: one, two and many.
		At that point, an Anybody But Dean (similar to the Anybody But McGovern in 1972 and Anybody But Carter in 1976 movements) would be all but impossible to organize.
	forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=375675 (1164 words)

	Social Fraternities & Sororities - Phi Gamma Delta Epsilon Chi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Epsilon Chi Chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta was chartered at UWEC in 1972.
		Meetings are scheduled at the first meeting of the school year.
		Election of officers is conducted at the close of the second semester of the academic year.
	www.uwec.edu /asp/dc/orgs/display.asp?id=173 (104 words)

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