Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable Ratu |
Atonio Lalabalavu | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office8: | Minister for Health and Medical Services |
Primeminister8: | Sitiveni Rabuka |
Term Start8: | 24 December 2022 |
Predecessor8: | Ifereimi Waqainabete |
Constituency Mp10: | PA List |
Parliament10: | Fijian |
Term Start10: | 14 December 2022 |
Constituency Mp11: | SODELPA List |
Parliament11: | Fijian |
Term Start11: | 14 November 2018 |
Term End11: | 14 December 2022 |
Party: | Social Democratic Liberal Party People's Alliance |
Ratu Atonio Rabici Lalabalavu (born 1978/1979) is a Fijian doctor, politician, and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the People's Alliance. He is the son of Speaker of Parliament and Tui Cakau Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu.[1]
Lalabalavu was a doctor before entering politics.[1] He was first elected to the Parliament of Fiji as a SODELPA candidate in the 2018 Fijian general election, winning 5016 votes and being elected alongside his father.[1] [2] He was appointed opposition health spokesperson,[3] and gave his initial speech as an MP on 29 November 2018.[4]
In November 2022 once parliament had been dissolved for the 2022 election he resigned from SODELPA and joined the People's Alliance.[5] He contested the election as a PA candidate[6] and was elected[7] with 2826 votes.[8] On 24 December 2022 he was appointed Minister for Health and Medical Services in the coalition government of Sitiveni Rabuka.[9]