Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83, ... Ratu Sir George Cakobau, a dynastic rival who, on this occasion, saved Mara's career.

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 83. Mara, a former Rhodes scholar who led ...

Rebel leader Ilisoni Ligairi said they suspected Ratu Mara would be reinstated once the army secured the release of the hostages taken on May 19. ... "I never knew who [rebel leader George] ...

The passing of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara , for two decades the giant of Fijian politics and of the further-flung Pacific islands, highlights how the region has changed since his vision of a Pacific ...

This dual world was the province of Kamisese Mara. For the 30 years in which he dominated Fijian politics, as prime minister and then president, he struggled to keep it a decently multi-racial place.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji's first prime minister and the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 ...

The last stage for the funeral of Fiji's former president and prime minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara will take place today. The funeral began last Wednesday and the Fiji Government budgeted more ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83, became President of Fiji in 1994 after earlier serving as a district officer and then the first Prime Minister of the South Seas dominion. In ...

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, Mara’s great-uncle and supreme chieftain of Fiji, had by then marked Mara as his successor. Mara was pulled out of medical studies and sent to England, where he studied ...

On the death of the first President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau ... One of the objectives of the coup's leader, George Speight, was to see Mara out of office and into retirement.