Dominion of Fiji [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Dominion of Fiji
The Dominion of Fiji was the official name of Fiji between October 1970 and 6 October 1987. When British rule ended in 1970, the Fijian Islands were given independence as a Dominion, in which the British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state as Queen of Fiji, represented by the Governor-General. The Republic of Fiji, removing Elizabeth II as head of state, was proclaimed on 6 October 1987 after two military coups.
History.
The following Governors-General held office:
British Ambassadors to Fiji) have also acted at various times as Ambassadors or High Commissioners to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu.
List of heads of mission.
List of heads of mission High Commissioners to the Dominion of Fiji.
- 1970–1974: John Robert Williams
- 1974–1978: James Stanley Arthur
- 1978–1982: John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil, also to Nauru