Fiji
Fiji (Archipelago) | |
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Capital city | Suva |
Location | Oceania |
Leader | Prime Minister of Fiji |
Type | nation state |
Member of | Commonwealth of Nations, International Criminal Court, Pacific Community, UN |
Subpage | •Fiji/Prime Minister |
One of the world's first nation states to mandate Covid vaccination for certain adults. |
Fiji is a tropical archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean. Under Frank Bainimarama, it was one of the world's first nation states to mandate Covid vaccination for certain adults.
1987 Coups
In 1987 two coups d'état, 14 May and then 28 September lead to the declaration of a Fijian republic. The Hanns Seidel Foundation was involved in these coups.[1] The Lobster (#14 ) report a range of evidence suggesting CIA involvement, including the presence of Paul Freeman and Vernon Walters in Suva two weeks before, and a number of CIA agents spotted.
Response
After the coup,[Which?] Australia, Fiji's largest foreign trading partner, refused to recognise the new government and launched a trade embargo.
2006 Coup
Frank Bainimarama lead a coup in 2006.
COVID
First nation on earth to mandate vaccinations.
Group
Group | Start | End | Description |
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Fiji Intelligence Service | 1988 | 1999 | A former intelligence agency of the Republic of the Fiji Islands |