Berenado Vunibobo

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(24 September 1932 – 27 December 2015) was

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's permanent representative to the

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from 1976 to 1980 and from 2008 to 2010, and minister for foreign affairs, international co-operation and civil aviation 1997-1998. During his second term, he represented the unelected Fiji government led by Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama. Vunibobo's predecessor,

Isikia Savua Isikia Rabici Savua (31 March 1952 – 30 May 2011) was a senior Fijian diplomat who had a distinguished career in the military and police forces before taking up his last post as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 4 ...

, had suggested that one of his tasks would be to counteract potential pressure from countries such as

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who might seek to have Fiji removed from United Nations

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operations. which indeed they did. Vunibobo agreed with the assessment, and said: :"The biggest challenge for me, looking at our current situation, is to try and update various people of the developments here in our country. We lack the resources our critics have and we can see that these critics are putting pressure on the UN and

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government not to recruit peacekeepers from Fiji." He was succeeded in February 2010 by

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. Vunibobo was also the

minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from 1994 to 1997 in the cabinet of

Sitiveni Rabuka Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, (; born 13 September 1948) is a Fijian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two military coups in 1987. He was democratically elected as Prime Ministe ...

. He died on 27 December 2015, aged 83.

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1932 births 2015 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Permanent Representatives of Fiji to the United Nations Foreign Ministers of Fiji Finance Ministers of Fiji Interior ministers of Fiji I-Taukei Fijian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) {{Diplomat-stub

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