Qoriniasi Bale
| Qoriniasi Babitu Bale | |
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| 9th Solicitor General of Fiji | |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Governor General | Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau |
| Prime Minister | Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara |
| Preceded by | Harold Picton-Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Richard Flower |
| 25th Attorney General of Fiji | |
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In office 1984–1987 |
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| Governor General | Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau |
| Prime Minister | Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara |
| Preceded by | Manikam V. Pillai |
| Succeeded by | Jai Ram Reddy |
| 34th Attorney General of Fiji | |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| President | Ratu Josefa Iloilo |
| Prime Minister | Laisenia Qarase |
| Preceded by | Alipate Qetaki |
| Succeeded by | Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum |
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Senator of Fiji 1st time |
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In office 1984–1987 |
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| Appointed by | Prime Minister of Fiji |
| President of the Senate | Wesley M. Barrett |
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Senator of Fiji 2nd time |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| Appointed by | Prime Minister of Fiji |
| President of the Senate | Ratu Tevita Vakalalabure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 Levukana, Vanua Balavu, Fiji |
| Died | 21 March 2014 (aged 84–85) Sigatoka, Fiji |
| Political party |
Alliance Party Fiji Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua |
Qoriniasi Babitu Bale (1929 — 21 March 2014) was a lawyer and politician who served twice as Fiji's Minister for Justice and Attorney-General, most recently from 2001 to 2006, when he was deposed in the military coup of 5 December. Like many of Fiji's most influential leaders, Bale was a native of Levukana in Vanua Balavu in the Lau Islands.
Bale was educated at Queen Victoria School then University of Otago in New Zealand, where he graduated with a LLB degree in 1969. Upon returning to Fiji, he was appointed a Crown Counsel in the Crown Law Office, and subsequently became a Crown Prosecutor in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1970. In 1975, he became Principal Legal Officer in the Crown Law Office, before being promoted to Solicitor General in 1979, a post he held until 1984. He was the first native-born Solicitor General; his predecessors had all been from the United Kingdom.
Bale had his first foray into politics in 1984, when the Governor General of Fiji appointed him to the Senate at the nomination of Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. At that time the Senate consisted of 22 members, 7 of whom were nominated by the Prime Minister. He became Attorney General in the Cabinet, and later that year was also appointed to the newly created position of Minister for Justice. He retired from politics, however, following the defeat of the Alliance Party in the general election of 1987.
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