Salesi Temo
Salesi Temo is a Fijian jurist. In January 2023 he was appointed acting Chief Justice of Fiji.
Salesi Temo | |
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| Chief Justice of Fiji | |
| Assumed office 30 January 2023 Acting | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Kumar |
Temo worked as a magistrate, and played a prominent role in prosecutions following the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. He continued in office after the 2006 Fijian coup d'état, and accepted reappointment following the military regime's abrogation of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji during the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis. In June 2009 he was appointed to the High Court of Fiji as an acting Puisne judge by the military regime.
In September 2011 he criticised the New Zealand government for refusing to cooperate with Fiji's military regime or extradite people wanted for political offences by the dictatorship.
On 30 January 2023 he was appointed acting chief justice following the suspension of Kamal Kumar for misbehaviour.