Fijian civil servant, diplomat, politician and minister (1946–2023)
Poseci Bune
Bune in 1985
Minister for Public Service
In office 8 January 2007 – 5 January 2008
Prime Minister
Frank Bainimarama
Succeeded by
Frank Bainimarama
Minister for the Environment
In office 24 May 2006 – 5 December 2006
Prime Minister
Laisenia Qarase
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forests
In office 1999 – 28 May 2000
Prime Minister
Mahendra Chaudhry
Member of the Fijian Parliament for Labasa Open
In office 1 September 2001 – 5 December 2006
Preceded by
Nareish Kumar
Succeeded by
None (Parliament disestablished)
Member of the Fijian Parliament for Macuta
In office 15 May 1999 – 1 September 2001
Preceded by
None (constituency established)
Succeeded by
Isireli Leweniqila
Personal details
Born
(1946-09-09)9 September 1946[1]: 211 Suva, Fiji
Died
22 November 2023(2023-11-22) (aged 77) Nadi, Ba Province, Fiji
Political party
Christian Democratic Alliance Fiji Labour Party
Poseci Waqalevu Bune (9 September 1946[2] – 22 November 2023) was a Fijian civil servant, diplomat, politician and Cabinet Minister. He served as chair of the Public Service Commissioner, secretary to the Prime Minister, and as Fiji's permanent representative to the United Nations, as well as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Mahendra Chaudhry and Laisenia Qarase, and in the military regime of Frank Bainimarama. Bune died of prostate cancer on 22 November 2023, at the age of 77.[3]
^Field, Michael; Baba, Tupeni; Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi (2005). Speight of Violence : Inside Fiji's 2000 coup(PDF). Canberra: Pandanus Books. ISBN 9781740761703. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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^Raqio, Mosese (22 November 2023). "Former Politician Poseci Bune passes on". Fiji Village. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
Poseci Waqalevu Bune (9 September 1946 – 22 November 2023) was a Fijian civil servant, diplomat, politician and Cabinet Minister. He served as chair of...
the public only after her appointment to the Senate, and Opposition MP PoseciBune declared her appointment in such circumstances to be unethical. Vuiyasawa...
criticised by some prominent members of the FLP, including Krishna Datt and PoseciBune, for finalising his list of Senate nominees without consulting the Party...
arrangements that will enable them to maximise their chances. Deputy Leader PoseciBune announced on 3 October that the FLP would attempt to broaden its appeal...
(SVT), but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Alliance candidate, PoseciBune. In 2001, he contested the Bua-Macuata West Open Constituency, this time...
fellow-FLP politicians Krishna Datt, Felix Anthony, Agni Deo Singh, and PoseciBune in criticizing Mahendra's leadership style. Following the 2006 Fijian...
Speight was removed as chairman by the then Minister for Agriculture, PoseciBune, in 1999. From 2001 to 2006, he represented the Province of Ba in the...
embarrassed by his remarks. FLP deputy leader and fellow-Cabinet Minister PoseciBune also reprimanded him, according to Fiji Television. Following the military...
that the party intended to contest all 71 seats. FLP parliamentarian PoseciBune challenged the FLP on 3 February 2006 to substantiate its assertion that...
seats in the 1999 election. It was weakened in 2001 when the leader, PoseciBune, defected to join the Fiji Labour Party. In 2005, this party merged into...
Prime Minister, Chaudhry Minister for Finance, and FLP Deputy Leader PoseciBune Foreign Minister. Discussions were ongoing, they said, and no agreement...
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Many politicians welcomed the proposed code, with FLP Deputy Leader PoseciBune calling it long overdue. Mick Beddoes supported it also, but cautioned...
transferral of PoseciBune from his secretaryship of the PSC to the Foreign Ministry and subsequently to the diplomatic service. (Bune was later found...
Mara. Minister for Public Service, Minister for Public Service Reform PoseciBune Veteran civil servant and diplomat; FLP Environment Minister in the deposed...
House of Representatives (Fiji) Labasa Pen Constituency In office 1999–2000 Succeeded by PoseciBune Personal details Political party Fiji Labour Party...
campaign against the Military – and should be ready to answer for it. PoseciBune, Deputy Leader of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP), similarly claimed that...
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