Suliano Matanitobua

Suliano Matanitobua

Ro Suliano Matanitobua is a Fijian chief and politician, who currently serves as Minister of State for Fijian Affairs. He was first appointed to the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000.

In the 2001 parliamentary election, Matanitobua won the Namosi Fijian Communal Constituency for the United Fiji Party (SDL), taking 85.5 percent of the vote. In 2006 election, he held the seat by an even larger majority.

Matanitobua holds the chiefly title of Tui Namosi, to which he was installed in 1999.


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