The Green Party of Fiji was a

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Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. The party was formed in November 2008 by former interim regime Cabinet Minister

Bernadette Ganilau Rose Lavenia Bernadette Rounds Ganilau, born July 5, 1951 as Lavenia Bernadette Rounds, is a Fijian writer, broadcaster, and politician, who served as Minister for Labour, Minister for Tourism, Industrial Relations, Productivity and Environment ...

. Like other

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, the party followed principles of "

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, social justice and non-violence, participatory democracy and sustainability". The party was registered with the Fiji Elections Office. In January 2013 the military-backed regime promulgated new regulations governing the registration of political parties, requiring all parties to have at least 5,000 members. All existing parties had to re-register under the new regulations. The party was not one of the two to re-register, and as a result was wound up and its assets forfeited to the state.

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Defunct political parties in Fiji Defunct green political parties Political parties established in 2008 Political parties disestablished in 2013 {{green-party-stub