Alipate Qetaki | |
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27th Attorney-General of Fiji | |
In office May 1987 – September 1987 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau |
Preceded by | Jai Ram Reddy |
Succeeded by | Sailosi Kepa |
33rd Attorney-General of Fiji | |
In office 2000–2001 |
|
President | Ratu Josefa Iloilo |
Prime Minister | Laisenia Qarase |
Preceded by | Anand Singh |
Succeeded by | Qoriniasi Bale |
6th Chairman, Fiji Law Reform Commission | |
Assumed office 2003 |
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President | Ratu Josefa Iloilo |
Prime Minister |
Laisenia Qarase Frank Bainimarama |
Preceded by | Vacant since 1999 Last held by R. Matabalavu |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Profession | Lawyer, businessman, civil servant |
Alipate Qetaki is a Fijian lawyer, businessman, civil servant, and a former politician, who served as Attorney-General from May 1987 to September 1987 and against as Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000. He held office till an elected government took power in September 2001.
He served as executive chairman of both the Fiji Law Reform Commission (from 2003) and the Fiji Law Revision Commission.
In August 2008, Qetaki was appointed by the military regime of Frank Bainimarama to the post of General Manager of the Native Land Trust Board, replacing Semi Tabakanalagi, who died in office. He held this position till April 2015, when he was succeeded by Tevita Kuruvakadua. He has also been a Director of Fiji Sugar Corp. Ltd since November 26, 2008.
He is a former student of Lelean Memorial and Queen Victoria Schools in Fiji and holds an LLM from the University of Edinburgh.