Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Fiji's Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Anti-Corruption, Public Enterprises, Industry, Investment, Tourism and Communications. He also served in the interim Government from 8 January 2007 to 9 April 2009.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is the son of Sayed Abdul Khaiyum, a former member of Parliament and is the brother of former Fiji TV
Journalist
and current Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
CEO Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. He has a Masters degree in Law (University of Hong Kong), Bachelors in Law (University of New South Wales), a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (University of Wollongong) and a Bachelors in Political Science (Australian National University). He was a former senior legal officer in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
. Sayed-Khaiyum was the General Manager Legal and Compliance and was the Company Secreatry in the Colonial Group of Companies for 5 years immediately prior to his appointment in the Interim Government by the President of Fiji. He also worked with the law firm of Minter Ellison in Sydney. He was on the board of Transparency International
Fiji and has been President of the Fiji Young Lawyers Association.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is the son of Sayed Abdul Khaiyum, a former member of Parliament and is the brother of former Fiji TV
Fiji Television
Fiji Television Limited is Fiji's television network. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the Rugby World Cup as well as Cricket World Cup....
Journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and current Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation is one of the two radio broadcasters in Fiji. It was known as Fiji Broadcasting Commission when it began. It traces its history back to 1935 when it first began operating under licence from the Posts and Telegraphs Department with the call sign ZJV. At the end of...
CEO Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. He has a Masters degree in Law (University of Hong Kong), Bachelors in Law (University of New South Wales), a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (University of Wollongong) and a Bachelors in Political Science (Australian National University). He was a former senior legal officer in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Director of Public Prosecutions (Fiji)
The Director of Public Prosecutions was created under the Fiji Independence Act of 1970 and came into being that year. In 1990 and subsequently in 1997, the powers of the Office of the DPP were provided for in the Fiji Constitution, an entrenched document and the supreme law of the nation...
. Sayed-Khaiyum was the General Manager Legal and Compliance and was the Company Secreatry in the Colonial Group of Companies for 5 years immediately prior to his appointment in the Interim Government by the President of Fiji. He also worked with the law firm of Minter Ellison in Sydney. He was on the board of Transparency International
Transparency International
Transparency International is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. It publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide...
Fiji and has been President of the Fiji Young Lawyers Association.