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{{Short description|Fijian military officer}}
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'''Jone Logavatu Kalouniwai''' is a [[major general]] in the [[Republic of Fiji Military Forces]] (RFMF) who currently serves as the [[commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces]] since 16 September 2021.<ref name="FijiTimes">{{cite web | title=Kalouniwai appointed Commander RFMF | website=FijiTimes | url=https://www.fijitimes.com/kalouniwai-appointed-commander-rfmf/ | access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref> Previously served as director general of National Security and Intelligence, [[Ministry of Defence and National Security (Fiji)|Ministry of Defence and National Security]] from May 2020 to September 2021, he also served as section commander in Lebanon and instructor at the [[RFMF Training School]].<ref name="The Republic of Fiji Military Forces 2021"/>

Prior to his appointment as commander of RFMF, he was promoted to the rank of major general by the [[Prime Minister of Fiji|prime minister of Fiji]] on 4 October 2021.<ref name="Fiji Sun 2021">{{cite web | title=Commander RFMF Brigadier-General Jone Kalouniwai Promoted To Major-General | website=Fiji Sun | date=2021-10-04 | url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2021/10/04/commander-rfmf-brigadier-general-jone-kalouniwai-promoted-to-major-general/ | language=la | access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kalouniwai joined the RFMF on 23 October 1987, however he was commissioned into the Officers Corp on 10 May 1992.

Kalouniwai obtained military courses in Fiji in addition to receiving his training in Newzealand, Taiwan, India and Australia. While attending defense and peace keeping seminars, he visited the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Nepal, and South Korea. A graduate of the [[Australian Defence College#Australian War College|Australian War College]], 2019, he also obtained defense training from [[Defence Services Staff College]], India in 2008.

He obtained his executive certificate in management from the [[Australian Maritime College]], diploma in management from [[Central Queensland University]], and [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the same university. He received his master's degree in [[International relations|defense]] and [[strategic studies]] from the [[University of Madras]], Policy studies from [[Deakin University]].

As a commissioned officer, he was deployed at various units and participated in various missions with the [[Multinational Force and Observers]] in Sinai and Egypt, in addition to serving in the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]], East Timor, Iraq, and the [[Golan Heights]], Syria. During that period, Kalouniwai was assigned various command and staff appointments.<ref name="The Republic of Fiji Military Forces 2021">{{cite web | title=Biographical | website=The Republic of Fiji Military Forces | date=2021-10-24 | url=https://www.rfmf.mil.fj/commodore-biographical/ | access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref> His last command appointment was at the Multinational Force and Observers, [[Sinai Peninsula]] where he commanded 2nd Battalion of the [[Fiji Infantry Regiment]].

His last staff appointment includes as a colonel in Syria at the UN mission Chief of Staff for the [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force]] where he was assigned to oversee the operational and strategic functions of the MFO's headquarter from 2014-15 and 2015-16.

== Awards and decorations ==
* [[Meritorious Service Decoration (Fiji)|Meritorious Service Decoration]]
* [[Multinational Force and Observers Medal]]
* UNFIL Peacekeeping Medal
* UNAMI Peacekeeping Medal
* UNMISET Peacekeeping Medal {{endash}} [[United Nations Medal]]
* UNDOF Peacekeeping Medal
* [[Fiji Republic Medal]]<ref name="The Republic of Fiji Military Forces 2021"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Fijian military leaders]]
[[Category:Central Queensland University alumni]]
[[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]
[[Category:Deakin University alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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