Ratu Josefa Nalumuialevu Dimuri is a Fijian chief and politician,[1] who served as a Senator[2] from 2001 to 2006, when he was elected to the House of Representatives.
Following the election, he was appointed Minister of State for Agriculture, Alternative Livelihood, and Outer Island Development.
[3] He contested the Macuata Fijian Communal Constituency on behalf of then-Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's political party, the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Alliance candidate, Poseci Bune.
In 2001, he contested the Bua-Macuata West Open Constituency, this time as a candidate of the newly formed Conservative Alliance (CAMV), and lost again.
[4] He was released to serve his sentence extramurally after only 11 days,[1] and subsequently allowed to return to his seat in parliament.