Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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34th Attorney General of Fiji
In office 8 January 2007 – 24 September 2014
President	Ratu Josefa Iloilo Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
Prime Minister	Frank Bainimarama
Preceded by	Qoriniasi Bale
Succeeded by	Faiyaz Koya
37th Attorney General of Fiji
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 October 2014
President	Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
Prime Minister	Frank Bainimarama
Preceded by	Faiyaz Koya
Personal details
Nationality	Fijian
Political party	FijiFirst
Spouse(s)	Ela Gavoka (m. 2011)
Relations	Viliame Gavoka
Children	Ibrahim(son) Idris(son)
Alma mater	ANU (BA) UNSW (LLB) University of Hong Kong (LLM) University of Wollongong (GDLP)
Religion	Islam

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is a Fijian politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the FijiFirst party.

Early life

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 master's 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 bachelor's degree 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 Secretary in the Colonial Group of Companies for five 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.

Political career

Sayed-Khaiyum was appointed to the interim government of Frank Bainimarama after the 2006 Fijian coup d'état as Interim Attorney-General and Justice Minister.

When Bainimarama formed the FijiFirst Party, Sayed-Khaiyum was appointed its general secretary.

Sayed-Khaiyum contested the 2014 election, winning 13,753 votes, the third-highest polling candidate. Following the election he was appointed Minister for Finance, Public Enterprise, Trade and Tourism. He initially relinquished the role of Attorney-General, but was reinstated shortly afterwards.

Legal offices
Preceded by Qoriniasi Bale	1st time Attorney General of Fiji 2007-2014	Succeeded by Faiyaz Koya
Preceded by Faiyaz Koya	2nd time Attorney General of Fiji 2014—	Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by	Member of Parliament 2014—	Succeeded by