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Mereseini Vuniwaqa

Politician

Mereseini Vuniwaqa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mereseini Vuniwaqa				[sources]
Other name	Mereseini Rakuita Vuniwaqa				[sources]
Birth date	1974-06-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Vanua Levu				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Fiji				[sources]
Country	Fiji				[sources]
Citizenship	Fiji				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18166062				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Fiji (2014-2021) · Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources (2014-2021) · Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (2016-2021) · Parliament (member, 2014-)				[sources]
Education	Australian National University · University of Tasmania				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Fijian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Parliament of Fiji	2014-01-01	2021-08-06
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation	2016-09-01

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-FJ53btTRtfX3Y3VbyruHYY · us-cia-fiji-mereseini-vuniwaqa-min-for-women-children-poverty-alleviation · evpo-3f633c41-a6e7-40e5-8022-bfb82056330d

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