Changing of the old guard
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New leaders: Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka crowns the 1991 Miss Hibiscus in Suva on August 24. The woman who donned the crown is Miss Fiji Trade and Investment Board, 22-year-old schoolteacher Sala Toganivalu. Major-General Rabuka gave up his crown as Fiji Military Forces commander on July 16, to become Home Affairs Minister and co-Deputy Prime Minister with Finance Minister Josevata Kamikamica. The new military head is Brigadier Ratu Epeli Ganilau, son of Fiji President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau. July was a month of political changes for Fiji, with Apisai Tora also stepping into the limelight when he was sacked from the interim government as Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities on July 25. He had refused to hang up his hat as AH National Congress party president. □