1 Sep 2018

Fiji opposition MP Anare Vadei dies

3:46 pm on 1 September 2018

The Fiji opposition parliamentarian Anare Tuidraki Vadei has died after a short illness.

Sodelpa MP Anare Vadei died in Fiji on Thursday.

Sodelpa MP Anare Vadei died in Fiji on Thursday. Photo: Supplied / Sodelpa

His Sodelpa party says the shadow health minister died on Thursday, and had been frail for a few months.

Mr Vadei joined Sodelpa ahead of the 2014 elections after a distinguished public service career spanning three decades.

In a statement, opposition leader Ro Teimumu Kepa says Mr Vadei was a caring and jovial man who was fully committed to his constituents.