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Former Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in prison for perverting the course of justice.
2024-05-9

The Pacific Islands Forum opens with U.S. President Joe Biden addressing the summit, after being invited by Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. Biden urges the Federated States of Micronesia to rejoin after the country withdrew over disagreements in the election of Henry Puna as the forum's Secretary-General.
2021-08-6

Police in Fiji carry out a crackdown on opposition politicians and human rights activists who are opposed to a newly proposed land bill and who criticized the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Among those arrested are opposition politicians Biman Prasad, Lynda Tabuya and Litia Qionibaravi as well as former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.
2021-07-25

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is the first leader to congratulate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, despite no official result being announced at the time.
2020-11-7

Citizens of Fiji head to the polls, electing all members of their Parliament and the consequent Prime Minister.
2018-11-14

Voters in Fiji go to the polls for the first election since a coup in 2006 with coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama's Fiji First Party achieving 60 per cent of the vote.
2014-09-17

Fiji's former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, is arrested for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations.
2010-10-3

News Corporation sells the "Fiji Times" to Fijian company Motibhai two weeks before a deadline set by the government of interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
2010-09-15

Former Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Chaudry appears in a Suva court to face charges of tax evasion and money laundering.
2010-07-30

Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama opens a meeting, "Engaging the Pacific".
2010-07-22