The president of the Fiji Labour Party, Lavinia Padarath, has died at the age of 74.
Lavenia Padarath Photo: Facebook
The Fiji Times reported she died in a Suva hospital on Sunday.
Ms Padarath was a founding member of the Labour party, and served as culture, social welfare and women's minister in the government that was elected in 1999 and toppled in a coup a year later.
Her funeral will be held on Thursday.