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{{Infobox Political post
|style = [[The Right Honourable]]
|post            = Prime Minister
|body            = the<br />Republic of Fiji
|insignia        = Coat of arms of Fiji.svg
|insigniasize    = 105px
|insigniacaption = Coat of arms of<br /> the Republic of Fiji
|termlength      = 
|image           = Sitiveni Rabuka 2020.jpg
|imagesize       = 155px 
|incumbent       = [[Sitiveni Rabuka]]
|incumbentsince  = 24 December 2022
|appointer       = [[President of Fiji]]
|residence       = 
|seat            = [[Government Buildings, Suva|Government Buildings]], [[Suva]]
|salary          = FJ$ 328,750 annually<ref name="parliament.gov.fj">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PRD-1.pdf|title=PARLIAMENTARY REMUNERATIONS DECREE 2014 (DECREE NO. 29 OF 2014)|author=Government of Fiji Gazette|date=3 October 2014|website=www.parliament.gov.fj}}</ref>
|formation       = 10 October 1970
|inaugural       = [[Kamisese Mara]]
|website         = http://www.pmoffice.gov.fj/
}}
The '''Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji''' is the [[head of government]] of [[Fiji]]. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. In 2022, [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] became the current Prime Minister.

==List of prime ministers of Fiji (1970–present)==
{{Officeholder table start
| showorder               = y
| showimage               = y
| officeholder_title      = Prime Minister
| showtermlenght          = y
| showelection            = y
| party_col               = 1
| showaltofficeholder     = y
| alt_officeholder_title  = Head of State
}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=9| Prime ministers of the [[Dominion of Fiji]]
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 1
| image                   = Kamisese Mara.jpg
| military_rank           = ''[[Ratu]]'' [[Sir]]
| officeholder            = [[Kamisese Mara]]
| officeholder_sort       = Mara, Kamisese
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1920
| died_year               = 2004
| term_start              = 10 October 1970
| term_end                = 13 April 1987
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|1970|10|10|1987|04|13}}
| alt_party               = Alliance Party (Fiji)
| election                = [[1972 Fijian general election|1972]]
| election2               = [[March 1977 Fijian general election|1977 {{small|(Mar)}}]]
| election3               = [[September 1977 Fijian general election|1977 {{small|(Sep)}}]]
| election4               = [[1982 Fijian general election|1982]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Elizabeth II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 2
| image                   = 
| military_rank           = 
| officeholder            = [[Timoci Bavadra]]
| officeholder_sort       = Bavadra, Timoci
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1934
| died_year               = 1989
| term_start              = 13 April 1987
| term_end                = 14 May 1987
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|1987|04|13|1987|05|14}}
| alt_party               = Fiji Labour Party
| election                = [[1987 Fijian general election|1987]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Elizabeth II]]
}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=9| ''Vacant (14 May 1987 – 5 December 1987)''{{efn|name=Coups|Two [[1987 Fijian coups d'état|military coups]] in 1987 and a civilian [[2000 Fijian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in 2000 left Fiji without a Prime Minister each time.}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=9| Prime ministers of the [[Fiji|Republic of Fiji]]
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = (1)
| image                   = Kamisese Mara.jpg
| military_rank           = ''Ratu'' Sir
| officeholder            = [[Kamisese Mara]]
| officeholder_sort       = Mara, Kamisese
| officeholder_note       = {{efn|Mara's party, the [[Alliance Party (Fiji)|Alliance Party]], was dissolved in the wake of the [[1987 Fijian coups d'état|1987 coups]], so he was effectively a non-partisan Prime Minister in his last term.}}
| born_year               = 1920
| died_year               = 2004
| term_start              = 5 December 1987
| term_end                = 2 June 1992
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|1987|12|05|1992|06|02}}
| alt_party               = Independent politician
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder        = [[Penaia Ganilau]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 3
| image                   = Sitiveni Rabuka 2020.jpg
| military_rank           = [[Major general]] (Rtd)
| officeholder            = [[Sitiveni Rabuka]]
| officeholder_sort       = Rabuka, Sitiveni
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1948
| died_year               = 
| term_start              = 2 June 1992
| term_end                = 19 May 1999
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|1992|06|02|1999|05|19}}
| alt_party               = Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
| election                = [[1992 Fijian general election|1992]]
| election2               = [[1994 Fijian general election|1994]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Penaia Ganilau]]
| alt_officeholder2       = [[Kamisese Mara]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 4
| image                   = Mahendra Chaudhry 2015.jpg
| military_rank           = 
| officeholder            = [[Mahendra Chaudhry]]
| officeholder_sort       = Chaudhry, Mahendra
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1942
| died_year               = 
| term_start              = 19 May 1999
| term_end                = 27 May 2000
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|1999|05|19|2000|05|27}}
| alt_party               = Fiji Labour Party
| election                = [[1999 Fijian general election|1999]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Kamisese Mara]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 5
| image                   = 
| military_rank           = ''Ratu''
| officeholder            = [[Tevita Momoedonu]]
| officeholder_sort       = Momoedonu, Tevita
| officeholder_note       = {{efn|''Ratu'' Momoedonu was appointed Prime Minister on 27 May 2000, by the then-[[President of Fiji|President]], ''Ratu'' Sir Kamisese Mara, in order to meet a constitutional technicality. He resigned only a few minutes later, as soon as the technicality had been attended to, in order to allow the President to assume full executive power.}}
| born_year               = 1941
| died_year               = 2020
| term_start              = 27 May 2000
| term_end                = 27 May 2000
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2000|05|27|2000|05|27}}
| alt_party               = Fiji Labour Party
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder        = [[Kamisese Mara]]
}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=9| ''Vacant (27 May 2000 – 4 July 2000)''{{efn|name=Coups}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 6
| image                   = Fiji 2004 Mr Qarase (cropped).jpg
| military_rank           = 
| officeholder            = [[Laisenia Qarase]]
| officeholder_sort       = Qarase, Laisenia
| officeholder_note       = {{efn|Qarase was not a member of a political party when he headed the interim government in 2000 and early 2001. Following his reinstatement on 16 March 2001 (after two days' absence from office), he founded the [[Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua|United Fiji Party]] to contest the [[2001 Fijian general election|general election]] that was to be held later that year.}}
| born_year               = 1941
| died_year               = 2020
| term_start              = 4 July 2000
| term_end                = 14 March 2001
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2000|07|04|2001|03|14}}
| alt_party               = Independent politician
| alt_officeholder        = [[Frank Bainimarama]]
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder2       = [[Josefa Iloilo]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = –
| image                   = 
| military_rank           = ''Ratu''
| officeholder            = [[Tevita Momoedonu]]
| officeholder_sort       = Momoedonu, Tevita
| officeholder_note       = 
| acting                  = y
| born_year               = 1941
| died_year               = 2020
| term_start              = 14 March 2001
| term_end                = 16 March 2001
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2001|03|14|2001|03|16}}
| alt_party               = Fiji Labour Party
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder        = [[Josefa Iloilo]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = (6)
| image                   = Fiji 2004 Mr Qarase (cropped).jpg
| military_rank           = 
| officeholder            = [[Laisenia Qarase]]
| officeholder_sort       = Qarase, Laisenia
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1941
| died_year               = 2020
| term_start              = 16 March 2001
| term_end                = 5 December 2006
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2001|03|16|2006|12|05}}
| alt_party               = Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
| election                = [[2001 Fijian general election|2001]]
| election2               = [[2006 Fijian general election|2006]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Josefa Iloilo]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = –
| image                   = 
| military_rank           = [[Doctor of Medicine|Dr.]]
| officeholder            = [[Jona Senilagakali]]
| officeholder_sort       = Senilagakali, Jona
| officeholder_note       = {{efn|Senilagakali was installed as Interim Prime Minister as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Frank Bainimarama|Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama]] took control of the Government. He was previously a highly esteemed medical doctor, the former President of the Fijian Medical Association, and was military doctor at the time of the [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Military now in charge in Fiji|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=52960|publisher=[[Fiji Times]]|date=5 December 2006|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180716/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=52960|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| acting                  = y
| born_year               = 1929
| died_year               = 2011
| term_start              = 5 December 2006
| term_end                = 4 January 2007
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2006|12|05|2007|01|04}}
| alt_party               = Independent politician
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder        = [[Frank Bainimarama]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = –
| image                   = Bainimarama 2014.jpg
| military_rank           = [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]]
| officeholder            = [[Frank Bainimarama]]
| officeholder_sort       = Bainimarama, Frank
| officeholder_note       = {{efn|The Bainimarama government was dismissed as illegal by Fiji's [[Court of Appeal of Fiji|Court of Appeal]] on 10 April 2009, leading to the Prime Minister's immediate resignation. He was re-appointed the next day by President [[Josefa Iloilo]], following the latter's [[2009 Fijian constitutional crisis|abrogation of the Constitution]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/10/2540501.htm?section=world "Fiji's Bainimarama steps down as PM"], Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 10 April 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_14685.shtml "Commodore Bainimarama sworn in as Prime Minister"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415063612/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_14685.shtml |date=15 April 2009 }}, Fiji government, 11 April 2009</ref>}}
| acting                  = y
| born_year               = 1954
| died_year               = 
| term_start              = 5 January 2007
| term_end                = 22 September 2014
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2007|01|05|2014|09|22}}
| alt_party               = Republic of Fiji Military Forces
| election                = —
| alt_officeholder        = [[Josefa Iloilo]]
| alt_officeholder2       = [[Epeli Nailatikau]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 8
| image                   = Frank Bainimarama November 2014.jpg
| military_rank           = Commodore (Rtd)
| officeholder            = [[Frank Bainimarama]]
| officeholder_sort       = Bainimarama, Frank
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1954
| died_year               = 
| term_start              = 22 September 2014
| term_end                = 24 December 2022
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2014|09|22|2022|12|24}}
| alt_party               = FijiFirst
| election                = [[2014 Fijian general election|2014]]
| election2               = [[2018 Fijian general election|2018]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Epeli Nailatikau]]
| alt_officeholder2       = [[Jioji Konrote]]
| alt_officeholder3       = [[Wiliame Katonivere]] 
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2                  = 9
| image                   = Sitiveni Rabuka 2020.jpg
| military_rank           = [[Major general]] (Rtd)
| officeholder            = [[Sitiveni Rabuka]]
| officeholder_sort       = Rabuka, Sitiveni
| officeholder_note       = 
| born_year               = 1948
| died_year               = 
| term_start              = 24 December 2022 
| timeinoffice            = {{ayd|2022|12|24}}
| alt_party               = People's Alliance (Fiji)
| election                = [[2022 Fijian general election|2022]]
| alt_officeholder        = [[Wiliame Katonivere]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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