Josefa Bole Vosanibola is a former Fijian politician and Cabinet Minister. He is the father of former Social Democratic Liberal Party MP Peceli Vosanibola.[1]
Vosanibola served as Minister for Home Affairs from 16 December 2004, when he was appointed by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to succeed Joketani Cokanasiga, to 5 December 2006, when his government was deposed in a military coup .[2][3]
Before he was appointed Home Affairs Minister, he had served as Minister for Information, and before that as Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation,[4] following his election to represent the Tailevu North Ovalau Open Constituency, as a candidate of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL), in the parliamentary election of 2001.[1]
Vosanibola, a devout and outspoken Christian who strongly defended the influence of the church in Fijian society, played a role in the foundation of the Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) in 1998 and unsuccessfully contested the Tailevu North Ovalau Open Constituency for that party in the election of 1999. In the political realignment that followed the 2000 coup, the VLV splintered and Vosanibola joined the SDL.[citation needed]
^ ab"Vosanibola picks up mantle from father". Fiji Sun. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^Frenḳel, Yehonatan Shimʻon; Fraenkel, Jon; Firth, Stewart (2007). From election to coup in Fiji: the 2006 campaign and its aftermath. ANU E Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7315-3812-6. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^Firth, Stewart; Fraenkel, Jon (April 2009). The 2006 military takeover in Fiji: the coup to end all coups?. ANU E Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-921536-50-2. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^Eur (2002). Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. p. 990. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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