Isikeli Mataitoga Explained
Isikeli Uluinairai Mataitoga is a Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of Fiji. He was appointed a Justice of Appeal on 27 March 2023.[1] [2]
He was a Fijian diplomat and former Ambassador of Fiji to Japan, he was concurrently the non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Russia, Vietnam and Brunei. He presented his credentials to Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 13 January 2010,[3] to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Moscow Kremlin on 5 February 2010,[4] and then to Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at the Malacañang Palace on 10 January 2013.[5] He presented his credentials to Vietnamese President HE Mr. Tran Dai Quang on 9 November 2016. [6] [7] He presented his credentials to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah in 2019. [8] [9]
Prior to his appointment as Fiji's Ambassador to Japan, Mataitoga held several other senior government appointments. His previous appointments include: the Director of Public Prosecutions of Fiji (from 1988 to 1993), the Solicitor-General of Fiji (from 1993 to 1996),[10] Fiji's Ambassador to Australia and Singapore (from 1996 to 1998), Fiji's Ambassador to the European Union and Fiji's Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation, UNESCO & FAO (from 1998 to 2004), Chief Executive Offier of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fiji (from 2004 to 2007) and a Judge of the High Court of Fiji (from 2007 to 2009).
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- Web site: Journalist . Jale Daucakacaka Multimedia . Five judicial officers sworn-in . 2023-03-30 . Fiji Broadcasting Corporation.
- Web site: 2023-03-24 . 5 new judicial officers sworn in - FijiLive . 2023-03-30 . en-US.
- Web site: Presentation of the Letter of Credence of Ambassador of Fiji to Japan (新任駐日フィジー大使の信任状捧呈). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 12 January 2010. 4 August 2019.
- News: Envoy sets up link to Russia. 8 February 2010. Fiji Times. 25 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819194830/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=139423. 19 August 2012. dead.
- Web site: Ambassador Mataitoga present Credentials to His Excellency Mr. Benigno Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. 10 January 2013. 4 August 2019.
- Web site: Rakavosa . Kelera . Fiji's Non-Resident Ambassador to Vietnam Presents Letter of Credence in Hanoi – EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI IN JAPAN – 駐日フィジー共和国大使館 . 2023-03-30 . en-US.
- Web site: Báo VietnamNet . 2023-03-30 . VietNamNet News . vietnamese.
- Web site: Kumar . Vishaal . Mataitoga presents credentials to Brunei Darussalam . 2023-03-30 . FijiTimes . en.
- Web site: Fijian envoy presents credentials in Brunei . 2023-03-30 . fijisun.com.fj . en-US.
- Web site: Previous Solicitors-General of Fiji. Office of the Attorney-General. © Copyright 2005-2008, Office of the Attorney General. 28 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320043644/http://www.ag.gov.fj/default.aspx?page=prevSoliGen. 20 March 2018. dead.