Nelson Delailomaloma

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Nelson Delailomaloma is a Fijian former civil servant, politician, and Cabinet Minister.

Delailomaloma is a former civil servant, who has previously worked as director of youth education{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110885456 |title=Fiji tackles youth unemployment |work=Canberra Times |page=6 |date=1 March 1978 |access-date=16 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} and Commissioner of the Eastern Division.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339780000/view?sectionId=nla.obj-356470242 |title=People |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=54 |issue=8 |page=47 |date=1 August 1983 |access-date=16 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1985, he was the first director of Fiji's newly-formed Department of Tourism.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-335198078/view?sectionId=nla.obj-340047506 |title=Does a vital industry need a shake-up? |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=56 |issue=11 |page=18 |date=1 November 1985 |access-date=16 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} He later served as permanent secretary for trade and commerce{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342891167/view?sectionId=nla.obj-351908318 |title=TRADE WINDS Ocean currents for power |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=61 |issue=1 |page=40 |date=1 January 1991 |access-date=16 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} and as director-general of the Fiji National Training Council.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-343904833/view?sectionId=nla.obj-346070310 |title=FIJI NATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL Towards productivity and quality |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=67 |issue=9 |page=34-36 |date=1 September 1997 |access-date=16 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Following the 2000 Fijian coup d'état he was appointed Minister for Education in the interim government of Laisenia Qarase.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/fiji-president-reappoints-qarase-as-pm/MCSPPSBCXABNOHMHGYILYHOTC4/ |title=Fiji president reappoints Qarase as PM |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date= |access-date=16 April 2023}} He held office until an elected government took power in September 2001.