Labasa is a town in Fiji with a population of 27,949 at the most recent census held in 2007.
Sir Vijay Raghubar Singh, KBE was an Indo-Fijian lawyer and politician who held Cabinet office in the 1960s and 1970s. Vijay Singh served in Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's government in a variety of positions, including Attorney-General, and was President of the Indian Alliance, a division of the ruling Alliance Party. He quit the party in 1979 following disagreement with Alliance leadership and later joined the opposition National Federation Party. Vijay Singh was involved in the restructure of the Fiji sugar industry and was a leading member of the Jaycees movement in Fiji.
Poseci Waqalevu Bune is a former Fijian politician, who has served as Deputy Leader of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP). From June to December 2006, he served as Minister for the Environment, one of nine FLP ministers, in the multiparty Cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. His ministerial career was terminated by the coup d'état that deposed the government on 5 December 2006, but on January 8, 2007, he was appointed as Minister for Public Service and Public Service Reform in the interim Cabinet of Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
Brij V. Lal is an Indo-Fijian historian. He was born in Labasa, on the northern island of Vanua Levu. He was educated at the University of the South Pacific, the University of British Columbia and the Australian National University. A harsh critic of the Bainimarama government, which originated in the military coup of 2006 and retained power in the 2014 elections, he is currently living in exile in Australia.
Emasi Qovu is a former Fijian politician, served in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006. Whilst in Parliament he was appointed Government Whip in 2005–2006.
Ratu Josaia Naulumatua Rayawa is a Fijian Chief, religious minister, and former political leader. He served in the Senate from 2001 to 2006 as one of nine nominees of the Fijian Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase. He had previously been President of the now-defunct Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV), which won three seats in the 1999 election.
Jagannath Sami has been a soccer player representing a premier district side in the Fiji Football Association competitions, a leader of the sugar mill workers, a leader of a farmers' union, a politician and chief executive officer of the Sugar Cane Growers Council of Fiji but he is best known for the controversy surrounding his dismissal as the CEO of the SCGC by the military regime of Commodore Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama following the military coup of 2006.
Parmod Chand is a Fijian politician and a member of the Fijian Parliament. He is a member of the National Federation Party (NFP).
Mahendra Sukhdeo is a former Fiji Indian unionist and politician, who was one of the founding members of the Fiji Labour Party, but only a few months later resigned from the party due to disagreement with the leadership over the direction in which the party was being steered.
Shiromaniam Madhavan, son of a founding member of the National Federation Party (NFP), was a Fiji Indian politician who served in the Labasa Town Council and the House of Representatives. He contested numerous elections for different political parties.
Unlike the majority of Fiji's Indian population, who are descendants of Indian indentured labourers brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916, most of the Sikhs came to Fiji as free immigrants. Most Sikhs established themselves as farmers. Sikhs also came to Fiji as policemen, teachers and preachers. In recent years large numbers of Sikhs have emigrated from Fiji, especially to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Sikhs in Fiji are generally referred to as Punjabis.
Labasa College is a state secondary school for Forms 3 to 7 in Labasa, Fiji. It has a roll of more than 650 students as of January 2013, including a collection of boarding students from across the Northern Division of Fiji making it one of the most diverse and academically proficient educational institutions in the country.
Patrick Tay Teck GuanBBM is a Singaporean politician. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pioneer SMC since 10 July 2020 and the chairman of the West Coast Town Council.
Jone Usamate is a Fijian politician, who is currently serving as the Minister for Infrastructure and Meteorological Services and Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources in the Fijian government.
Mereseini Rakuita Vuniwaqa is a Fijian politician, serving as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation since 2016. A member of the Fiji First Party, Vuniwaqa was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 2014 and appointed to Cabinet, holding the portfolio for the Ministry for Lands and Mineral Resources, becoming the first Fijian woman appointed to the position. As one of the most senior and influential Cabinet ministers, Vuniwaqa has been appointed on various occasions as an Acting Prime Minister on behalf of the Prime Minister in his absences overseas.
Colonel Timoci Lesikivatukoula Natuva is a former Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji. He has previously served as Minister for Immigration, National Security and Defence.
Lt Col Pio Tikoduadua is a Fijian politician, Member of the Parliament of Fiji, and former cabinet Minister. He is a member of the National Federation Party.
George Vegnathan is a Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji for the FijiFirst Party. He is currently the Assistant Minister for the Sugar Industry. He is from Vunika, Macuata, and lives in Labasa. Prior to his election, he worked as a teacher for 32 years. He also works as the executive officer for TISI Sangam in Labasa. He was elected to Parliament in the 2018 election. He is married, and has four children.
Minute Alapati Taupo OBE is a Tuvaluan politician, diplomat, economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nanumanga electorate. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry.
