Premila Kumar

She served as chief executive of the Consumer Council of Fiji from 2006 to 2018, and then as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Frank Bainimarama from 2018 to 2022.

[1] She later completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at the University of the South Pacific, and a Master of Science in trade and the environment in the Netherlands.

[9] She was elected, and appointed Minister for Industry, Trade, Tourism, Local Government, and Housing.

[10][11] As a Minister, she opposed the restoration of elected local councils, which had been abolished by the military regime in 2009.

[13] A further reshuffle in August 2021 saw her appointed Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, and surrender the Housing and Community Development portfolios to Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.