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2018-12-27 Obituary

667.

Name the first female speaker of Fiji's Parliament, who died on 22nd December 2018.

Dr. Jiko Luveni

Dr. Maria Jude

Anne Benard

Edie Van De Camp

Answer: Option

Explanation:

On 22nd December 2018, Dr. Jiko Luveni, the first female speaker of Fiji's Parliament, died in office at the age of 72. Luveni first served for eight years as minister for women, social welfare and poverty alleviation in the interim government of Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup.