| Portfolio | Minister | Profile |
Prime Minister, Minister for Information, Minister for Home Affairs | Commodore Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama | Commander, Republic of Fiji Military Forces. |
Minister for Finance, Minister for Sugar Reform, Minister for National Planning | Mahendra Chaudhry | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) leader; Prime Minister 1999-2000 (deposed). |
| Minister for Youth and Sports | Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi | FLP politician since 1992; former Cabinet Minister. |
Minister for Local Government, Minister for Urban Development | Ratu Jone Navakamocea | State Minister for National Planning in the deposed SDL-led government. |
Minister for Labour, Minister for Tourism | Bernadette Rounds Ganilau | Served as one of two United Peoples Party parliamentarians in 2006. Former Tourism Minister (2000-2001). |
| Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources | Tevita Vuibau | Marine geologist with a background as Principal Scientific Officer with the Mineral Resources Department. |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forests | Jainend Kumar | Retired Director of Research with the Agriculture, Sugar, and Land Resettlement Ministry. |
Attorney-General, Minister for Justice | Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum | Former President of Fiji Young Lawyers Association. |
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for External Trade | Ratu Epeli Nailatikau | Former Military Commander, diplomat, Cabinet Minister, and Parliamentary Speaker (2001-2006). Son of high chief and prominent politician, Ratu Sir Edward Cakobau; son-in-law of first Prime Minister and former President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. |
Minister for Public Service, Minister for Public Service Reform | Poseci Bune | Veteran civil servant and diplomat; FLP Environment Minister in the deposed government. Estranged from party leader Mahendra Chaudhry. |
| Minister for Health | Jona Senilagakali | Military doctor and former diplomat; interim Prime Minister for one month after coup of 5 December 2006. |
| Minister for Education | Lieutenant Commander Netani Sukanaivalu | Reserve naval officer, former Fiji Institute of Technology lecturer, and businessman. National Alliance Party (NAPF) candidate in 2006 election. |
| Minister for Transport | Manu Korovulavula | Longtime civil servant and former Senator; NAPF treasurer and candidate in 2006 election. |
| Minister for Commerce | Taito Waradi | Businessman and President, Fiji Chamber of Commerce. |
Minister for Women, Minister for Social Welfare | Adi Laufitu Malani | Scion of the chiefly Gonesau clan of Nakorotubu, Ra Province; former regional director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. |
| Minister for Fijian Affairs | Ratu Epeli Ganilau | Scion of the chiefly Ai Sokula clan; son of first President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau and son-in-law of first Prime Minister and second President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. |
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