President of Fiji

The **president of the Republic of Fiji** is the head of state of Fiji. The President is appointed by the Parliament of Fiji for a three-year term under the terms of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji.

## List of presidents of Fiji (1867–present)

|#|**Portrait**|Name **(Birth–Death)**|colspan="2"|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**|10 October 1874|June 1875||||||
|9||**Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon**|19 August 1875|1880||||||
|10||**Sir William Des Vœux**|20 December 1880|21 January 1885||||||
|11||John Bates Thurston|21 January 1885|1 January 1887||||||
|12||**Sir Charles Mitchell**|1 January 1887|February 1888||||||
|13||**Sir John Bates Thurston**|February 1888|7 February 1897||||||
|14||**Sir George T. M. O'Brien**|March 1897|1901||||||
|15||Sir William Allardyce|1901|10 September 1902||||||
|16||**Sir Henry Jackson**|10 September 1902|11 October 1904||||||
|17||**Sir Everard im Thurn**|11 October 1904|1910||||||
|18|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Sir Charles Major|rowspan="2"|1910|rowspan="2"|21 February 1911||
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|20||**Sir Francis May**|21 February 1911|25 July 1912||||||
|21||**Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott**|25 July 1912|10 October 1915||||||
|22||Sir Eyre Hutson|1915|1916||||||
|23||**Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell**|10 October 1916|1919||||||
|24||Sir Eyre Hutson|1919|1919||||||
|25||Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell|1919|1925||||||
|26||**Sir Eyre Hutson**|25 April 1925|22 November 1929||||||
|27||rowspan="2"|**Sir Murchison Fletcher**|rowspan="2"|22 November 1929|rowspan="2"|May 1936|||
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|29||Sir Cecil Barton|May 1936|November 1936||||||
|30||rowspan="2"|**Sir Arthur Richards**|rowspan="2"|28 November 1936|rowspan="2"|August 1938|||
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|32||Sir Cecil Barton|August 1938|September 1938||||||
|33||**Sir Harry Luke**|16 September 1938|21 July 1942||||||
|34||**Sir Philip Mitchell**|21 July 1942|12 January 1944||||||
|35||Sir John Rankine|12 January 1944|4 May 1944||||||
|36||Sir John Nicoll|4 May 1944|23 October 1944||||||
|37||Sir John Rankine|23 October 1944|1 January 1945||||||
|38||**Sir Alexander Grantham**|1 January 1945|21 March 1947||||||
|39||Sir John Nicoll|21 March 1947|8 October 1947||||||
|40||rowspan="2"|**Sir Brian Freeston**|rowspan="2"|8 October 1947|rowspan="2"|6 October 1952|||
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|42||**Sir Ronald Garvey**|6 October 1952|28 October 1958||||||
|43||**Sir Kenneth Maddocks**|28 October 1958|6 January 1964||||||
|44||**Sir Derek Jakeway**|6 January 1964|December 1968||||||
|45||**Sir Robert Sidney Foster**|December 1968|10 October 1970||||||
|46||**Sir Robert Sidney Foster**|10 October 1970|13 January 1973||||||
|47||**Ratu Sir George Cakobau**|13 January 1973|12 February 1983||||||
||**D. J. Aitken**|1971|1974|||||||
||**Paul Manueli**|1974|1979|||||||
||**Ian Thorpe**|1979|1984|||||||
|51||**Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau**|12 February 1983|6 October 1987||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Epeli Nailatikau (1941–)|1984|14 May 1987|||||
|14 May 1987|23 September 1987|||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Sitiveni Rabuka <small>(1948–)</small>|23 September 1987|7 October 1987|||||
|7 October 1987|5 December 1987|Military||||||||
||Penaia Ganilau <small>(1918–1993)</small>|5 December 1987|15 December 1990|Independent||||||
||Josaia Tavaiqia|1990|1990|||||||
||Penaia Ganilau|1990|15 December 1993|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Kamisese Mara <small>(1920–2004)</small>|2 June 1992|15 December 1993|||||
|15 December 1993|18 January 1994|Independent||||||||
||Inoke Takiveikata|18 January 1994|18 January 1994|||||||
||Kamisese Mara <small>(1920–2004)</small>|18 January 1994|29 May 2000|Independent||||||
||Josefa Iloilo <small>(1920–2011)</small>|17 November 1997|29 May 2000|Independent||||||
||Frank Bainimarama <small>(1954–)</small>|29 May 2000|13 July 2000|Military||||||
||George Speight|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|29 May 2000 —25 March 2001|||||||
||Timoci Silatolu|||||||||
||Shane Stevens|||||||||
||Josefa Iloilo <small>(1920–2011)</small>|13 July 2000|5 December 2006|Independent||||||
||Jope Seniloli <small>(1939–2015)</small>|25 March 2001|29 November 2004|Independent||||||
||Jope Seniloli|5 December 2006|5 December 2006|||||||
||Joni Madraiwiwi <small>(1957–2016)</small>|15 December 2004|5 December 2006|Independent||||||
||Frank Bainimarama <small>(1954–)</small>|5 December 2006|4 January 2007|Military||||||
||Joni Madraiwiwi|4 January 2007|4 January 2007|||||||
||Josefa Iloilo <small>(1920–2011)</small>|4 January 2007|30 July 2009|Independent||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Epeli Nailatikau <small>(1941–)</small>|17 April 2009|30 July 2009|Independent||||
|5 November 2009|12 November 2015|Independent||||||||
||George Konrote <small>(1947–)</small>|12 November 2015|2021|Independent||||||
||Anthony Gates|4 January 2007|8 April 2019|||||||
||Wiliame Katonivere|2021|2024|Independent||||||
||Kamal Kumar|2023|2023|||||||
||Lordship Salesi Temo|2024|2024|||||||
||Naiqama Lalabalavu|2024|—|Independent||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Republic of Fiji
- **insignia**: Flag of the President of Fiji.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Presidential Standard
- **termlength**: 3 years
<small>renewable once</small>
- **image**: Naiqama Lalabalavu March 2023 (cropped) 2.jpg
- **imagesize**: 155px
- **incumbent**: Naiqama Lalabalavu, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
- **incumbentsince**: 12 November 2024
- **appointer**: Parliament of Fiji
- **residence**: Government House, Suva, Government House, Suva
- **formation**: 5 December 1987
- **salary**: FJ$ 130,000 annually
- **inaugural**: Penaia Ganilau