Joseph Browne (born April 14, 1948 ) is a Fijian civil servant , who was Official Secretary to the late President , Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara , prior to Mara's possibly forced resignation during the insurrection which deposed the constitutional government in 2000. He had first been employed by Mara in 1985 when the latter was still Prime Minister , and had remained with him through the various offices he held, including the Vice-Presidency and Presidency. He is now the head of the Immigration Department.
11-465: Joseph Browne may refer to: Joseph Browne (civil servant) (born 1948), Fijian civil servant Joseph Browne (politician) (1876–1946), Australian politician and judge Joseph Browne (provost) (1700–1767), English clergyman and academic, Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford Joseph Browne (physician) ( fl. 1706), English physician, charlatan and hack writer Joe Browne (born 1947), executive of
22-400: A group including Browne, military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama , Great Council of Chiefs Chairman and former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , Police Commissioner Colonel Isikia Savua , and Mara's son-in-law, Ratu Epeli Ganilau , a former military commander, visited Mara aboard the vessel, presented a tabua (whale's tooth) in a formal apology, and asked him to abrogate
33-523: Is one of Fiji 's main television networks. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the Rugby World Cup as well as Cricket World Cup . This was reviewed and reissued in 2000 for a term of 12 years. Fiji TV was listed as a public company in 1996 on
44-821: The Constitution . Mara refused, and resigned. It is not clear to what extent the members of the delegation all knew why they were there. Mara was convinced that Rabuka and Savua had conspired against him, while Ganilau has said that he stayed on "as a witness." Browne has emphatically denied any prior knowledge of the purpose of the visit to the warship, but told Fiji News on 30 April 2001 that he understood why Mara might have suspected his loyalty. The previous day, Mara had told Fiji Television that he had no idea why Browne had asked him to agree to be evacuated. Browne spoke out against military participation in Mara's funeral, which spanned three days (28–30 April 2004), saying that it
55-504: The National Football League Joey Browne or Ian Browne (1931–2023), Australian former track cyclist See also [ edit ] Joseph Brown (disambiguation) William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Canadian politician [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
66-596: The Papua New Guinea Government-owned Telikom PNG Limited in 2016. Fiji TV's main shareholders are Fijian Holding Limited (FHL) Media Limited, Hari Punja and Sons Limited, FHL Trustees Limited, FHL Holdings Unit Trust, ITaukei Affairs Board, Capital Insurance Limited, and Fiji National Provident Fund. Following the passage of the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 by the military regime, Hari Punja resigned from
77-536: The Suva Stock Exchange, now known as the South Pacific Stock Exchange . Fiji TV owns Fiji's premier free-to-view channel (FTA) Fiji One , and formerly the pay TV service, Sky Pacific , which was acquired by Digicel in 2016. Fiji TV also owned subsidiary company Media Niugini Limited , which operates Papua New Guinea 's only commercial free-to-view channel, EM TV , but later sold it off to
88-489: The appointment of Ratu Josefa Iloilo as his successor, he said that his removal from office had been "treasonous." Browne has said that he has had his reputation battered and his integrity questioned by claims that he was a party to a coup against the late President. Browne is from Somosomo village, Taveuni . He is the son of Adi Losalini Browne, a sister of the late President and Tui Cakau - Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau . Fiji Television Fiji Television Limited
99-508: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Browne&oldid=1248786205 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joseph Browne (civil servant) Browne has denied claims that he participated in planning or executing Mara's resignation. On 29 May 2000, Mara
110-528: Was "the height of hypocrisy" to have military officers, who had unceremoniously deposed the President from office, honouring him at his funeral. Browne also expressed scepticism about the doctrine of necessity pleaded by the officers as their justification for asking Mara to resign, saying that only a court of law could validate the Doctrine of Necessity. He has revealed that in a letter he wrote to Ratu Mara after
121-628: Was evacuated to the RFNS Kiro , ostensibly for his own protection following orchestrated threats to himself and his family. This followed a report from the Director of the Police Special Branch, Berenado Daveta , based on intelligence gathered from an undercover agent working among the insurrectionists. Browne has said that he agreed to the President's evacuation because he was suspicious of troop movements at Government House. The following day,
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