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Real power in Fiji is held by the Prime Minister who is Head of the Government, selects and presides over a Council of Ministers and acts as Fiji's executive authority. As a formality, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President, and accepted by up or down majority vote in the House of Representatives.
Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, the Commander of Fiji's Armed Forces, seized power through coup d'etat launched on December 4, 2006 (called the "Fijian coup d'état of December 2006") and dissolved Fiji's parliament.
Bainimarama then appointed himself Prime Minister on January 5, 2007 and assumed semi-supreme power until democratic elections were held on September 17, 2014 under the controversial regime-written 2013 Constitution of Fiji signed into law on September 6, 2013.
This election allowed Bainimarama to continue on as Fiji's prime minister under the pretense of being democratically elected (Bainimarama's FijiFirst party through heavy-handed methods won a clear majority with 59.2% of the vote, taking 32 of 50 Parliamentary seats).
Bainimarama was re-elected for a second term with over 50% of the vote on November 14, 2018.
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