President of Fiji
List of presidents of Fiji (1867–present)
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]| # | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seru Epenisa Cakobau | 2 May 1867 | 1867 | President of the General Assembly | |
| 2 | Qoleanavanua | 1867 | 1869 | Chieftains Supreme | |
| 3 | Enele Ma'afu'otu'itoga | 1869 | 1869 | Chieftains Supreme | |
| 4 | Seru Epenisa Cakobau | 1869 | 5 June 1871 | ||
| 5 | Sydney C. Burt | 5 June 1871 | 18 May 1872 | ||
| 6 | George Austin Woods | 18 May 1872 | 23 March 1874 | ||
| 7 | John Bates Thurston | 23 March 1874 | 10 October 1874 | ||
| 8 | Sir Hercules Robinson
(1824–1897) |
10 October 1874 | June 1875 | ||
| 9 | Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
(1829–1912) |
19 August 1875 | 1880 | ||
| 10 | Sir William Des Vœux
(1834–1909) |
20 December 1880 | 21 January 1885 | ||
| 11 | John Bates Thurston
(1836–1897) |
21 January 1885 | 1 January 1887 | ||
| 12 | Sir Charles Mitchell
(1836–1899) |
1 January 1887 | February 1888 | ||
| 13 | Sir John Bates Thurston
(1836–1897) |
February 1888 | 7 February 1897 | ||
| 14 | Sir George T. M. O'Brien
(1844–1906) |
March 1897 | 1901 | ||
| 15 | Sir William Allardyce
(1861–1930) |
1901 | 10 September 1902 | ||
| 16 | Sir Henry Jackson
(1849–1908) |
10 September 1902 | 11 October 1904 | ||
| 17 | Sir Everard im Thurn
(1852–1932) |
11 October 1904 | 1910 | ||
| 18 | Sir Charles Major
(1860–1933) |
1910 | 21 February 1911 | ||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | Sir Francis May
(1860–1922) |
21 February 1911 | 25 July 1912 | ||
| 21 | Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott
(1857–1941) |
25 July 1912 | 10 October 1915 | ||
| 22 | Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936) |
1915 | 1916 | ||
| 23 | Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
(1874–1953) |
10 October 1916 | 1919 | ||
| 24 | Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936) |
1919 | 1919 | ||
| 25 | Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell | 1919 | 1925 | ||
| 26 | Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936) |
25 April 1925 | 22 November 1929 | ||
| 27 | Sir Murchison Fletcher
(1878–1954) |
22 November 1929 | May 1936 | ||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | Sir Cecil Barton
(1891–1980) |
May 1936 | November 1936 | ||
| 30 | Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978) |
28 November 1936 | August 1938 | ||
| 31 | |||||
| 32 | Sir Cecil Barton
(1891–1980) |
August 1938 | September 1938 | ||
| 33 | Sir Harry Luke
(1884–1969) |
16 September 1938 | 21 July 1942 | ||
| 34 | Sir Philip Mitchell
(1890–1964) |
21 July 1942 | 12 January 1944 | ||
| 35 | Sir John Rankine
(1907–1987) |
12 January 1944 | 4 May 1944 | ||
| 36 | Sir John Nicoll
(1899–1981) |
4 May 1944 | 23 October 1944 | ||
| 37 | Sir John Rankine
(1907–1987) |
23 October 1944 | 1 January 1945 | ||
| 38 | Sir Alexander Grantham
(1899–1978) |
1 January 1945 | 21 March 1947 | ||
| 39 | Sir John Nicoll
(1899–1981) |
21 March 1947 | 8 October 1947 | ||
| 40 | Sir Brian Freeston
(1892–1958) |
8 October 1947 | 6 October 1952 | ||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | Sir Ronald Garvey
(1903–1991) |
6 October 1952 | 28 October 1958 | ||
| 43 | Sir Kenneth Maddocks
(1907–2001) |
28 October 1958 | 6 January 1964 | ||
| 44 | Sir Derek Jakeway
(1915–1993) |
6 January 1964 | December 1968 | ||
| 45 | Sir Robert Sidney Foster
(1913–2005) |
December 1968 | 10 October 1970 | ||
| 46 | Sir Robert Sidney Foster
(1913–2005) |
10 October 1970 | 13 January 1973 | ||
| 47 | Ratu Sir George Cakobau
(1912–1989) |
13 January 1973 | 12 February 1983 | ||
| 48 | D. J. Aitken | 1971 | 1974 | ||
| 49 | Paul Manueli | 1974 | 1979 | ||
| 50 | Ian Thorpe | 1979 | 1984 | ||
| 51 | Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
(1918–1993) |
12 February 1983 | 6 October 1987 | ||
| 52 | Epeli Nailatikau (1941–) | 1984 | 14 May
1987 |
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| 53 | 14 May 1987 | 23 September
1987 |
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| 54 | Sitiveni Rabuka
(1948–) |
23 September
1987 |
7 October 1987 | ||
| 7 October 1987 | 5 December 1987 | Military | |||
| 55 | Penaia Ganilau
(1918–1993) |
5 December 1987 | 15 December 1990 | Independent | |
| 56 | Josaia Tavaiqia | 1990 | 1990 | ||
| 57 | Penaia Ganilau | 1990 | 15 December 1993 | ||
| 58 | Kamisese Mara
(1920–2004) |
2 June 1992 | 15 December 1993 | ||
| 15 December 1993 | 18 January 1994 | Independent | |||
| 59 | Inoke Takiveikata | 18 January 1994 | 18 January 1994 | ||
| 60 | Kamisese Mara
(1920–2004) |
18 January 1994 | 29 May 2000 | Independent | |
| 61 | Josefa Iloilo
(1920–2011) |
17 November 1997 | 29 May 2000 | Independent | |
| 62 | Frank Bainimarama
(1954–) |
29 May 2000 | 13 July 2000 | Military | |
| 63 | George Speight | 29 May 2000 —25 March 2001 | |||
| 64 | Timoci Silatolu | ||||
| 65 | Shane Stevens | ||||
| 66 | Josefa Iloilo
(1920–2011) |
13 July 2000 | 5 December 2006 | Independent | |
| 67 | Jope Seniloli
(1939–2015) |
25 March 2001 | 29 November 2004 | Independent | |
| 68 | Jope Seniloli | 5 December 2006 | 5 December 2006 | ||
| 70 | Joni Madraiwiwi
(1957–2016) |
15 December 2004 | 5 December 2006 | Independent | |
| 71 | Frank Bainimarama
(1954–) |
5 December 2006 | 4 January 2007 | Military | |
| 72 | Joni Madraiwiwi | 4 January 2007 | 4 January 2007 | ||
| 73 | Josefa Iloilo
(1920–2011) |
4 January 2007 | 30 July 2009 | Independent | |
| 74 | Epeli Nailatikau (1941–) | 17 April 2009 | 30 July 2009 | Independent | |
| 5 November 2009 | 12 November 2015 | Independent | |||
| 75 | George Konrote
(1947–) |
12 November 2015 | 2021 | Independent | |
| 76 | Anthony Gates | 4 January 2007 | 8 April 2019 | ||
| 77 | Wiliame Katonivere | 2021 | 2024 | Independent | |
| 78 | Kamal Kumar | 2023 | 2023 | ||
| 79 | Lordship Salesi Temo | 2024 | 2024 | ||
| 80 | Naiqama Lalabalavu | 2024 | — | Independent | |