Isikeli Mataitoga

Isikeli Uluinairai Mataitoga is a Fijian jurist and former diplomat who has been serving as President of the Court of Appeal of Fiji since 20 January 2025.^[1][2][3]

He was the former ambassador of Fiji to Japan, he was concurrently the non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Russia, Vietnam and non-resident high commissioner to Brunei. He presented his credentials to Japanese emperor Akihito at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 13 January 2010,^[4] to Russian president Dmitry Medvedev at the Moscow Kremlin on 5 February 2010,^[5] and then to Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at the Malacañang Palace on 10 January 2013.^[6] He presented his credentials to Vietnamese president HE Mr. Tran Dai Quang on 9 November 2016. ^[7][8] He presented his credentials to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah in 2019. ^[9][10]

Prior to his appointment as Fiji's ambassador to Japan, Mataitoga held several other senior government appointments. His previous appointments include: the director of public prosecutions of Fiji (from 1988 to 1993), the Solicitor-General of Fiji (from 1993 to 1996),^[11] Fiji's ambassador to Australia and Singapore (from 1996 to 1998), Fiji's ambassador to the European Union and Fiji's Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation, UNESCO & FAO (from 1998 to 2004), chief executive officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fiji (from 2004 to 2007) and a Judge of the High Court of Fiji (from 2007 to 2009).