Laisenia Qarase
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Laisenia Qarase
Laisenia Qaraseis a Fijian political figure. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qarase joined the Interim Military Government as a financial adviser on 9 June 2000, until his appointment as Prime Minister on 4 July. He won two parliamentary elections, but a military coup removed him from power on 5 December 2006. He was later imprisoned on corruption charges...
NationalityFijian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 February 1941
CountryFiji
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