2006 Fijian presidential election

2006 Fijian presidential election

8 March 2006

Nominee Josefa Iloilo Party Independent

President before election Josefa Iloilo FijiFirst Elected President Josefa Iloilo FijiFirst

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Elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of Fiji took place on 8 March 2006, when the Great Council of Chiefs met as an electoral college at the Tradewinds Convention Centre in Lami. The Great Council re-elected President Ratu Josefa Iloilo (who had recently turned 85) and Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi to another five-year term.^[1]