Apaitia Seru is a

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

an lawyer and former politician and judge, who served briefly as

Attorney General of Fiji The Attorney-General is a political and legal officer in Fiji. The attorney-general is the chief law officer of the State, and has responsibility for supervising Fijian law and advising the government on legal matters. Like other members of th ...

in 1992. He was also a member of the

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from 1992 to 1994. He held the Kadavu Fijian Communal Constituency for the

Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated the politics of Fiji in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people ...

In April 2006, the

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fined him US$6000 for improper handling of a client's

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. Prior to serving as Attorney General, Seru had been a magistrate, and for a time,

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Personal life

Seru is a devout Christian and a member of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International.

References

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