Solicitor General

A Solicitor General or Solicitor-General, in common law countries, is usually a legal officer who is the chief representative of a regional or national government in courtroom proceedings. In systems that have an Attorney General (or equivalent position), the Solicitor General is often the second-ranked law officer of the state and a deputy of the Attorney General. The extent to which a Solicitor General actually provides legal advice to or represents the government in court varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and sometimes between individual office holders in the same jurisdiction.

Solicitors General include the following:

Solicitor-General of Fiji

The Solicitor-General of Fiji is the Chief Executive Officer of the Attorney-General's Chambers, and as such assists the Attorney-General in advising the government on legal matters, and in performing legal work for the government. The previous Solicitor-General was Christopher Pryde, who took office in July 2007 until he was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions in 2011. The Office is currently vacant, although Deputy Solicitor-General Sharvada Sharma has been acting in the position to date.

Unlike the Attorney-General, who holds political office as a member of the House of Representatives or Senate, the Solicitor-General is a civil servant. He is required by the Constitution to hold a law degree and to be a registered lawyer.

List of Solicitors-General of Fiji

The following persons have held the office of Solicitor-General since it was established in 1945.

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Solicitor General of Ontario

The Solicitor General of Ontario was in charge of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario, which was responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province. In 2002 the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Correctional Services to become the Ministry of Public Safety and Security which, in 2003, was renamed the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

The ministry delivers and administers a wide range of law enforcement services including:

Since 2014, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services of Ontario is Yasir Naqvi.

List of Solicitors-General of Upper Canada