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Ovini Bokini

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Ratu Ovini Bokini Ratu (3 November 1944 – 15 January 2009) was a Fijian chief and political leader. [1]

31 relations: Alliance Party (Fiji), Ba Province, Cabinet of Fiji, Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, Council of Rotuma, Electoral college, Epeli Ganilau, Fiji Sugar Corporation, Fijian language, Fijians, Frank Bainimarama, Great Council of Chiefs, House of Representatives of Fiji, Joni Madraiwiwi, Jope Seniloli, Josefa Iloilo, Laisenia Qarase, Lala Sukuna, President of Fiji, Ratu, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day, Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Senate of Fiji, Tavua District, Tavua, Fiji, Treason, Vice-President of Fiji, 1997 Constitution of Fiji, 2000 Fijian coup d'état, 2006 Fijian coup d'état.

Alliance Party (Fiji)

The Alliance Party, was the ruling political party in Fiji from 1966 to 1987.

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Ba Province

Ba is a province of Fiji, occupying the north-western sector of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.

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Cabinet of Fiji

Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.

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Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs

The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian) was a formal assembly of Fiji's senior hereditary chiefs, along with some representatives of the national government and provincial councils, who may or may not be hereditary chiefs themselves.

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Council of Rotuma

The Council of Rotuma is a municipal body on the island of Rotuma, a Fijian dependency.

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Electoral college

An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office.

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Epeli Ganilau

Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, (born 10 October 1951) is a Fijian soldier and politician, who currently heads the National Alliance Party of Fiji.

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Fiji Sugar Corporation

Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) is the government-owned sugar milling company in Fiji having monopoly on production of raw sugar in Fiji.

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Fijian language

Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language.

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Fijians

Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.

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Frank Bainimarama

Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama CF, MSD, OStJ (born 27 April 1954), known commonly as Frank Bainimarama and sometimes by the chiefly title Ratu, is a Fijian naval officer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Fiji since 2007.

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Great Council of Chiefs

The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian, ग्रेट काउंसिल ऑफ चीफ्स in Fiji Hindi) was a constitutional body in the Republic of the Fiji Islands from 1876 to March 2012.

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House of Representatives of Fiji

The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006.

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Joni Madraiwiwi

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga (1957 – 29 September 2016) was a Fijian lawyer, politician and was the Vice-President of Fiji from 2004 to 2006.

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Jope Seniloli

Ratu Jope Naucabalavu Seniloli (14 June 1939 – 28 June 2015) was a Fijian chief who held the title of Turaga Taukei Naua and who served as Fiji's Vice-President from 25 March 2001 to 29 November 2004, when he was forced to resign following his conviction for treason on 6 August 2004, and the rejection of his appeal early in November.

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Josefa Iloilo

Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, CF, MBE, MSD, KStJ (29 December 1920 – 6 February 2011) as the 2nd President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009, excluding a brief period from 5 December 2006 until 4 January 2007 (see below).

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Laisenia Qarase

Laisenia Qarase (pronounced; born 4 February 1941) is a Fijian political figure.

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Lala Sukuna

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman.

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President of Fiji

The President of the Republic of Fiji is the head of state of Fiji.

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Ratu

Ratu (raatuu) is an Austronesian title used by Fijians of chiefly rank.

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Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (commonly known as Ratu Sukuna Day) was a national public holiday in Fiji until the year 2010, when the Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, declared both Ratu Sir Lala Sakuna Day and National Youth Day to no longer be public holidays.

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Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill

The Reconciliation and Unity Commission was a proposed government body to be set up if the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, which was introduced into the Fijian Parliament on 4 May 2005 was passed.

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Republic of Fiji Military Forces

The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji.

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Senate of Fiji

The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament.

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Tavua District

Tavua is a district in the Western Division on the north west coast of the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.

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Tavua, Fiji

Tavua is a town in Fiji, 91 kilometres from Nadi and 9 kilometres from the gold mining settlement of Vatukoula.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Vice-President of Fiji

The position of the Vice-President of the Republic of Fiji was created in 1990, to provide a constitutional successor to the President of Fiji, in the event of the latter's death or resignation, or of his otherwise being unable to carry out his duties.

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1997 Constitution of Fiji

The 1997 Constitution of Fiji was the supreme law of Fiji from its adoption in 1997 until 2009 when President Josefa Iloilo purported to abrogate it.

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2000 Fijian coup d'état

The Fiji coup of 2000 was a complicated affair involving a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei nationalists against the elected government of a Fijian of Indian Descent Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000, the attempt by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to assert executive authority on 27 May, and his own resignation, possibly forced, on 29 May.

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2006 Fijian coup d'état

The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and 2005–06 Fijian political crisis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovini_Bokini

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