Asaeli Masilaca is a former

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 politician and member of the

House of Representatives of Fiji The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006. It was the more powerful of the two chambers; it alone had the power to initiate legislation (the Senate, by contrast, could amend or veto most legislat ...

. Originally from Nakini village, Naitasiri, Masilaca returned to his province to contest the 2001 elections after a successful career with the

Fiji Sugar Corporation Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) is the government-owned sugar milling company in Fiji having monopoly on production of raw sugar in Fiji. It is also the largest public enterprise in the country employing nearly 3,000 people, while another 200,000 or ...

which saw him rise from a mill engineer to mill manager for the Penang Mill in

Rakiraki Rakiraki () is a district in Fiji's Ra Province. It is located between Tavua and Korovou when travelling along Kings Road, on the northern coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. From Nadi International Airport, Rakiraki is approximately 130k ...

in a span of 30 years. At the

2001 Fijian general election General elections were held in Fiji in August and September 2001. The Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua party won 18 of the 23 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and one of three " general electorates" set aside for Fiji's European, Chinese, and o ...

he was elected in the Nausori Naitasiri Open Constituency as a ''

Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua The United Fiji Party (, , SDL) was a list of political parties in Fiji, political party in Fiji. It was founded in 2001 by Prime Minister of Fiji, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase as a power base; it absorbed most of the Christian Democratic Alli ...

'' candidate. In May 2005 he claimed that the decline of Fiji's sugar industry was caused by the laziness of farmers. He was narrowly re-elected in the 2006 election, winning the seat on the fourth count. He was removed from office by the

2006 Fijian coup d'état The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 was a coup d'état in Fiji carried out by Commodore (rank), Commodore Frank Bainimarama against Prime Minister of Fiji, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and President Josefa Iloilo. It was the culminatio ...

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I-Taukei Fijian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) Living people Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua politicians Sugar industry of Fiji Politicians from Naitasiri Province Politicians from Rakiraki Year of birth missing (living people) {{Fiji-politician-stub