Pio Wong

{{Short description|Fijian politician}}

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Pio Iowane Wong is a Fijian politician of Fijian and Chinese descent. He served in the Cabinet from 2004 to 2006 as Minister for Local Government, Housing, Squatter Settlement, and the Environment.{{cite web|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?id=13867&op=read|title=Cokanasiga is dropped from Fiji cabinet during reshuffle|date=16 December 2004|work=Radio New Zealand International|accessdate=19 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806061035/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?id=13867&op=read|archivedate=6 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

In the election held in September 2001, Wong, a former Army officer with the rank of colonel, won the Serua Navosa Open Constituency for the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL), defeating Adi Kuini Speed,{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/f/fiji/fiji20015.txt |title=REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 25 AUGUST TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2001 |publisher=Psephos |access-date=18 May 2023}} who had held the seat for many years. (Wong had previously contested the seat, unsuccessfully, as an independent candidate in the parliamentary election of 1999). He was appointed Minister for Local Government, Housing, Squatter Settlement, and Environment in 2004.

The SDL did not nominate Wong for another Parliamentary term.{{cite book|last1=Frenḳel|first1=Yehonatan Shimʻon|last2=Fraenkel|first2=Jon|last3=Firth|first3=Stewart|title=From election to coup in Fiji: the 2006 campaign and its aftermath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_todaH6TmcC&pg=PA283|accessdate=19 January 2011|year=2007|publisher=ANU E Press|isbn=978-0-7315-3812-6|page=283}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/161164/fiji-election-bidding-crosses-party-boundaries |title=Fiji election bidding crosses party boundaries |publisher=RNZ |date=30 March 2006 |access-date=18 May 2023}} He stood as independent candidate in the 2006 general election and was defeated.{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/f/fiji/fiji20065.txt |title=REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 6 MAY 2006 |publisher=Psephos |access-date=18 May 2023}}