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2006 Fijian presidential election information


2006 Fijian presidential election
8 March 2006
 
Nominee Josefa Iloilo
Party Independent

President before election

Josefa Iloilo
FijiFirst

Elected President

Josefa Iloilo
FijiFirst

Elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of Fiji took place on 8 March 2006, when the Great Council of Chiefs met as an electoral college at the Tradewinds Convention Centre in Lami. The Great Council re-elected President Ratu Josefa Iloilo (who had recently turned 85) and Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi to another five-year term.[1]

  1. ^ "Fiji President thanks chiefs on re-appointment". Radio New Zealand. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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