Major General Ioane Naivalurua (also known as Iowane Naivalurua) is a Fijian soldier, police officer, civil servant, and politician.

Naivalurua is from Suva and was educated at Marist Brothers Primary School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and the Australian Defence College.^[1]

Naivalurua has previously served as Land Force Commander in the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.^[2] In February 2005 he promised that the army would never allow another coup in Fiji.^[3]

Following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état he was appointed Commissioner of Prisons by the military regime.^[4] In July 2007 he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General.^[5] Later that month, following a purge of SOE chairs, he was appointed as chairman of Post Fiji Limited.^[6] In 2010 he was appointed Commissioner of police.^[7] In January 2011 he was reappointed as police commissioner for a three-year term.^[8] His term expired in September 2013.^[9]

In January 2014 he was appointed ambassador-at-large,^[10] and allowed to visit New Zealand, despite official sanctions against members of the military regime.^[11][12] In March 2014 he was promoted to Major General.^[13] In March 2015 he was appointed ambassador to China, replacing Esala Teleni.^[14]

In September 2017 he was appointed permanent secretary of foreign affairs.^[15] He resigned as permanent secretary and retired from public service in September 2019.^[16]

Naivalurua stood as a FijiFirst candidate in the 2022 Fijian general election,^[1][17] and was elected to the Parliament of Fiji.^[18]

Following the collapse of FijiFirst he remained in Parliament as an independent MP as the leader of the opposition Group of 9 Bloc.^[19]

Naivalurua is president of Basketball Fiji. In August 2023 he was awarded the FIBA President's Award for 2023.^[20]