Tomasi Namua Sauqaqa is a former
Fiji
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an politician, who served in the
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as Assistant Minister for Health from 2001 to 2006. In this capacity, he assisted the Minister for Health,
Solomone Naivalu.
In the
election
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held in September 2001, he won the
Ba West Fijian Communal Constituency for Interim
Prime Minister
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Laisenia Qarase
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's party, the ''
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
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'' (SDL),
and was subsequently appointed Minister for Tourism.
The
Fiji Village
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news service announced on 21 March 2006 that the SDL had decided not to nominate Sauqaqa for another Parliamentary term. He therefore retired at the
general election
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held on 6–13 May, and was succeeded by
Ratu
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Meli Saukuru.
References
I-Taukei Fijian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji)
Living people
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua politicians
Government ministers of Fiji
Politicians from Ba Province
Year of birth missing (living people)
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