Leader of the Opposition The post of Leader of the Opposition is a political office common in countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
During this period, the Head of State was the British Monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised locally by the Governor prior to independence (on 10 October 1970), and by the Governor-General prior to the proclamation of a republic on 7 October 1987.
March 1977 Fiji's election for the House of Representatives held in March 1977 was the second since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
The first section lists the 29 groups that currently are designated by the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
Stated goal is to restore the biblical state of Israel.
The JEM's leader, Masood Azhar, was released from Indian imprisonment in December 1999 in exchange for 155 hijacked Indian Airlines hostages in Afghanistan.