Isikeli Mataitoga

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Isikeli Mataitoga in February 2010.

Isikeli Uluinairai Mataitoga is a Fijian jurist and former diplomat. He 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 the former Ambassador of Fiji to Japan, he was concurrently the non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Russia, Vietnam and non-resident High Commissioner to 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 Officer 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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  1. ↑ Journalist, Jale Daucakacaka Multimedia. "Five judicial officers sworn-in". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. ↑ "5 new judicial officers sworn in - FijiLive". 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. ↑ "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. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Envoy sets up link to Russia". Fiji Times. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "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. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. ↑ 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" . Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ↑ "Báo VietnamNet". VietNamNet News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  8. ↑ Kumar, Vishaal. "Mataitoga presents credentials to Brunei Darussalam". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Fijian envoy presents credentials in Brunei". fijisun.com.fj. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  10. ↑ "Previous Solicitors-General of Fiji". Office of the Attorney-General. © Copyright 2005-2008, Office of the Attorney General. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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