Poseci Bune

Poseci Bune
Bune in 1985
Minister for Public Service
In office
8 January 2007 – 5 January 2008
Prime MinisterFrank Bainimarama
Succeeded byFrank Bainimarama
Minister for the Environment
In office
24 May 2006 – 5 December 2006
Prime MinisterLaisenia Qarase
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forests
In office
1999 – 28 May 2000
Prime MinisterMahendra Chaudhry
Member of the Fijian Parliament
for Labasa Open
In office
1 September 2001 – 5 December 2006
Preceded byNareish Kumar
Succeeded byNone (Parliament disestablished)
Member of the Fijian Parliament
for Macuta
In office
15 May 1999 – 1 September 2001
Preceded byNone (constituency established)
Succeeded byIsireli Leweniqila
Personal details
Born(1946-09-09)9 September 1946[1]: 211 
Suva, Fiji
Died22 November 2023(2023-11-22) (aged 77)
Nadi, Ba Province, Fiji
Political partyChristian Democratic Alliance
Fiji Labour Party

Poseci Waqalevu Bune (9 September 1946[2] – 22 November 2023) was a Fijian civil servant, diplomat, politician and Cabinet Minister. He served as chair of the Public Service Commissioner, secretary to the Prime Minister, and as Fiji's permanent representative to the United Nations, as well as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Mahendra Chaudhry and Laisenia Qarase, and in the military regime of Frank Bainimarama. Bune died of prostate cancer on 22 November 2023, at the age of 77.[3]

  1. ^ Field, Michael; Baba, Tupeni; Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi (2005). Speight of Violence : Inside Fiji's 2000 coup (PDF). Canberra: Pandanus Books. ISBN 9781740761703. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&sca_esv=584578743&q=Poseci+Waqalevu+Bune+1946&tbm=bks&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyi7aI2NeCAxWYcaQEHQOsAdEQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=412&bih=652&dpr=2.63 [bare URL]
  3. ^ Raqio, Mosese (22 November 2023). "Former Politician Poseci Bune passes on". Fiji Village. Retrieved 22 November 2023.