Netani Sukanaivalu is a Fijian academic, former naval officer, and political leader, who was appointed to the interim Cabinet as Minister for Education on 9 January 2006. A former lecturer at the Fiji Institute of Technology, Sukanaivalu is businessman, and a reserve officer in the Fijian Navy holding the rank of lieutenant commander. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the National Alliance Party in the 2006 parliamentary election. He was Fiji's Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources in the Military-backed interim government which followed the military coup of 2006, but resigned from Fiji Government February 2011 QUALIFICATIONS : Master of Science Degree – Sweden Incorporate Engineer – Engineering Council, UK Associate Member, Institute of Marine Engineers, UK Class 1 Engineer (Foreign Going) – Australia Full Trade Certificates Technical Teachers’ Certificate TERTIARY INSTITUTION: World Maritime University – Sweden ATTENDED Sydney Institute of Technology – Australia Fiji Institute of Technology – Fiji References Living people Fijian Navy officers Year of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Fiji I-Taukei Fijian people Fijian scientists Fiji Institute of Technology faculty Fijian businesspeople National Alliance Party of Fiji politicians