16 Facts About Pio Tikoduadua

Lt Col Pio Tikoduadua was born on 12 September 1966 and is a Fijian politician, cabinet minister and member of the Parliament of Fiji.

Pio Tikoduadua is the current president of the National Federation Party.

Pio Tikoduadua attended primary school at Natovi and Saint Vincent College as well as St John's College in Levuka.

Pio Tikoduadua joined the Republic of Fiji Military Forces cadet training school with the former RFMF Land Force Commander, Brigadier-General Mosese Tikoitoga.

Pio Tikoduadua worked as an interpreter in the local courts to gain experience.

Pio Tikoduadua was educated at multiple universities including University of New South Wales, the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel after graduating from the Australian Defence Force Command and Staff College in 2006.

Pio Tikoduadua has held several leadership roles before becoming chief of staff: Operations at the RFMF.

Pio Tikoduadua was initially appointed as Permanent Secretary of Justice, and in 2008 as Permanent Secretary at the prime minister's office.

In June 2014, Pio Tikoduadua resigned as permanent secretary to pursue a career in politics, joining the FijiFirst party.

Pio Tikoduadua was elected in the 2014 election, in which he won 3,611 votes.

Pio Tikoduadua was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in September 2014.

Pio Tikoduadua expressed doubts about the actions of the military regime, including its rewriting of the constitution in 2013, and claimed that he resigned from FijiFirst after MP Dr Neil Sharma was forced to resign after voting against the government on a matter of conscience.

Pio Tikoduadua ran as a candidate for the NFP in the 2018 elections and was elected, winning 2684 votes.

When Pio Tikoduadua refused to do so he was suspended from Parliament for six months.

Pio Tikoduadua was re-elected in the 2022 election with 2222 votes.

In November 2024, Pio Tikoduadua offered to temporarily step aside as Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration to allow an impartial investigation into the unauthorized issuance of passports to members of the controversial Grace Road Church.