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Fiji*

H.E. Suresh Chandra, H.E. Mohammed Saneem,
Chairperson of the EC Supervisor of Elections

part i 11. Language (s)
English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
12. Literacy Levels
99.08% Educational System 2019. (2020).
1. Country Name
FIJI Retrieved from Fiji Literacy Rate 1996-2020:
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/FJI/fiji/
2. Official Name literacy-rate
The Republic of Fiji
part ii
3. Government LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Parliamentary Republic

4. Head of the Government LEGISLATURE
Prime Minister - Josaia Voreqe BAINIMARAMA
OSt.J, MSD, jssc, psc 1. Structure of National Legislature
Unicameral
5. Head of the State
President - Jioji Konousi Konrote, OF, MC 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Parliament
6. Capital
Suva (on VitiLevu) 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
7. Currency 51 seats of The Republic of Fiji; members directly
Fijian dollar elected in a nationwide, multi-seat constituency
by open-list proportional representation vote to
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) serve 4-year terms
iTaukei 56.8% (predominantly Melanesian with
a Polynesian admixture), Indo-Fijian 37.5%, 4. Popular House
Rotuman 1.2%, other 4.5% (European, part Unicameral Parliament
European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2007
est.) 5. Type of Electoral System
Open –list Proportional Representation
9. Date of Independence and from which Country
10 October 1970 (from the UK)

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
6 September 2013

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