Hon. Lynda Tabuya

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Hon. Lynda Tabuya

Party: Social Democratic LIberal Party

Term: 2018-2022; 2022-current

Electorate: Fiji

Province: N/A

Political Status: Min. for Women, Children & Poverty All.

Hon Lynda Tabuya was elected into Parliament following the 2018 general elections as a SODELPA candidate. and served as Opposition whip in the Fijian Parliament. In the 2018 elections she was the highest polling woman and fifth highest overall polling candidate. She was re-elected in 2022 and appointed as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation on 24 December 2022 in the new PAP/NFP/SODEPLA Coalition Government.

Prior to her political career, Hon. Tabuya was a Lecturer of Law at the University of the South Pacific before resigning in 2014 to pursue her political ambitions. She gained a Bachelor of Laws from Bond University in Australia and Master of Laws from Washington University in St Louis in the United States of America.