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{{Infobox order
|title=Order of Fiji
|image=
|caption=
|image2=[[File:Order of Fiji (General Division).png|120px]]<br/>Ribbon of the General Division<br/>[[File:Order of Fiji (Military Division).png|120px]]<br/>Ribbon of the Military Division
|caption2=
|type=[[Order (honour)|State Order]]
| eligibility = Fijian nationals or anyone who makes an impact for Fiji
| for = Achievement and merit to Fiji and mankind as a whole.
|date=
|country={{FJI}}
|house=
|religion=
|ribbon=Red with a white central stripe. Awards in the military division have a narrow red stripe bisecting the white central stripe.
| grades =Companion (CF), Officer (OF), Member (MF), Medal (MOF)
|established=1 March 1995
|head_title=Chancellor
|first head=
|head=[[President of Fiji]]<ref name=2013awards>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/PRESIDENT-TO-BESTOW-HONORS-TO-FIJI.aspx |title=Fiji Government Online Portal - PRESIDENT TO BESTOW HONORS TO FIJI |publisher=Fiji.gov.fj |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref>
|head2_title=
|head2=
| higher = None
| lower = [[President's Cross]]
}}
The '''Order of Fiji''' is the highest [[Order (honour)|honour]] of the [[Fijian honours system]]. Established 1 March 1995, the order is presented for achievement and merit to Fiji and mankind as a whole. The order is divided into a general division and military division, and is presented in three classes, with an associated medal.

The [[President of Fiji]] serves as the chancellor of the order and also as the order's Principal Companion. Following their terms of office, former Presidents remain as Companions of the Order of Fiji.<ref name=awardsact>{{cite web|title=FIJI HONOURS AND AWARDS ACT, 1995 ACT NO. 7 OF 1995|url=http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/num_act/haaa1995200.rtf|publisher=Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute |access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref>

The Order of Fiji has been a Commonwealth honour ever since Fiji returned to its membership of the Commonwealth in October 1997, albeit, as a [[republic in the Commonwealth of Nations]]

==Grades and divisions==
The Order of Fiji is awarded in a military division and a general division. It is awarded in three classes and a medal with the following [[post-nominal letters]]:<ref>{{cite news|title=The Honour System|url=http://www.fiji.gov.fj/getattachment/fd5626ca-8175-48f7-a481-81b93d60052e/Fiji-Focus-Vol-2-Issue-5---12-3-2011-(pdf).aspx|access-date=7 January 2016|work=Fiji Focus|volume=2|issue=5|publisher=Fiji Ministry of Information|date=12 March 2011|page=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201057/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/getattachment/fd5626ca-8175-48f7-a481-81b93d60052e/Fiji-Focus-Vol-2-Issue-5---12-3-2011-(pdf).aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Companion (CF)
* Officer (OF)
* Member (MF)
* Medal (MOF)

==Notable recipients==
* Ratu Sir [[Kamisese Mara]]<ref name=awardsact/>
* [[Frank Bainimarama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/humanitarian-medal-for-bainimarama/news-story/c56af87ccf9bb9d7e03b42dcf4653df1|title='Humanitarian' medal for Bainimarama|date=24 April 2009|website=Heraldsun.com.au|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum]]<ref name=awardsact/>
* Sir [[Paul Reeves]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Sir-Paul-Reeves-state-funeral---updates/tabid/423/articleID/222583/Default.aspx |title=Sir Paul Reeves state funeral - updates - Story - NZ News |publisher=3 News |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903002935/http://www.3news.co.nz/Sir-Paul-Reeves-state-funeral---updates/tabid/423/articleID/222583/Default.aspx |archive-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ben Ryan (rugby union)|Ben Ryan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=367945 |title=Ben Ryan receives Companion of Order award - Fiji Times Online |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106073010/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=367945 |archive-date=2018-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Vijay Singh]]<ref name=awardsact/>
* [[Narendra Modi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=PM Modi conferred Fiji’s highest ‘Companion of the Order’ honour |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-conferred-fijis-highest-companion-of-the-order-honour-2382460-2023-05-22 |website=India Today |access-date=22 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
===Companions===

* [[Daniel Fatiaki]]
* Ratu [[Josefa Iloilo]]
* Ratu [[Epeli Nailatikau]]
* [[Satya Nandan]]
* [[Jai Ram Reddy]]
* [[Filipe Bole]]
* [[Chris Cracknell (rugby union)]]
* [[Iliesa Delana]]
* [[Petero Mataca]]
* [[Peter Thomson (diplomat)|Peter Thomson]]
* [[Murray McCully]]
* Sir [[Michael Somare]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Meeting the Prime Minister, Hon. Qarase, in his office|url=http://www.fiji.gov.fj/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Somare&id=11_G|work=State Visit by Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|publisher=Government of Fiji|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024224947/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Somare&id=11_G|archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Gates]]
* [[James Ah Koy]]

=== Officers ===

* [[George Konrote]]
* [[Manu Korovulavula]]
* [[Hari Punja]]
* [[Taufa Vakatale]]
* [[Brij Lal]]
* [[Jeremaia Waqanisau]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|title=Fiji Honours - Order of Fiji (Companion)|url=http://www.wnsstamps.ch/en/stamps/FJ004.08?lang=en|work=World Association for the Development of Philately Numbering System|publisher=Universal Postal Union|access-date=1 September 2013}}

[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Fiji]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Fiji|*]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1995]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Fiji]]

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