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Kamisese Mara

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Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. [1]

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Achilles Club

The Achilles Club is a track and field club formed in 1920 by and for past and present representatives of Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

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Alliance Party (Fiji)

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

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Andrew Hughes (police officer)

Andrew Charles Hughes (born 6 June 1956) is a senior officer of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) who, until recently, served as the Chief Police Officer (CPO) for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Apoplexy

Apoplexy is bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.

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Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Arm

In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball.

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Bowling average

The bowling average is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers in the sport of cricket.

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British subject

The term British subject has had a number of different legal meanings over time.

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Burebasaga

Burebasaga is the largest of the three confederacies that make up Fiji's House of Chiefs, to which all Fijian chiefs belong.

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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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Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury is a New Zealand first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team, often referred to as the skipper, is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players.

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Chief Minister of Fiji

The office of Chief Minister of Fiji was established by the British colonial authorities on 20 September 1967, along with the Cabinet system of government.

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Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a naval rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral.

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Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit

The Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit or CRWU was the common name for the First Meridian Squadron, the unit's formal name, which had been disbanded in 2000.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Dakar

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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Derek Jakeway

Sir Francis Derek Jakeway, better known as Sir Derek Jakeway (6 June 1915 – 6 November 1993) was a British colonial administrator, who was instrumental in preparing several British colonies for self-government, and who played a key role in preparing a somewhat unwilling Colonial Fiji for independence.

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Doctor of Law

Doctor of Law or Doctor of Laws is a degree in law.

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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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Elenoa Mara-Rasova

Adi Elenoa Mara is the youngest daughter of Fiji’s first Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and is the twin sister of Ratu Tevita Mara.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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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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ESPNcricinfo

ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.

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Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy.

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Executive Council of Fiji

The colonial Governors of Fiji relied on the Executive Council for advice on proposals for legislation which, after being discussed in the Executive Council meetings, came before the Legislative Council in the form of bills.

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Fast bowling

Fast bowling is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling.

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Father of the Nation

The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a man considered the driving force behind the establishment of his country, state, or nation.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Fiji national cricket team

The Fiji national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Fiji in international cricket matches.

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Fiji Television

Fiji Television Limited (SPSE: FTV) is Fiji's main television network.

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Fiji Times

The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji.

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Fijian Association Party

The Fijian Association Party (FAP) is a former political party in Fiji.

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Fijian general election, 1966

The general election to the Legislative Council of Fiji in 1966 was the last to be held before independence from the United Kingdom was granted in 1970.

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Fijian general election, 1972

General elections were held in Fiji between 15 and 29 April 1972, the first since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.

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Fijian general election, 1982

General elections were held in Fiji between 10 and 17 July 1982.

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Fijian general election, 1987

General elections were held in Fiji between 4 and 11 April 1987.

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Fijian general election, March 1977

General elections were held in Fiji between 19 March and 2 April 1977.

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Fijian general election, September 1977

Early general elections were held in Fiji between 17 and 24 September 1977, following the impasse of an earlier election that had been held in March.

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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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Finau Mara

Ratu Alifereti Finau Mara (born 1960) is a Fijian lawyer, politician, and diplomat.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.

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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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George Cakobau

Ratu Sir George Kadavulevu Cakobau (6 November 1912 – 25 November 1989) was Governor General of Fiji from 1973 to 1983.

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George Speight

George Speight (born 1957), occasionally known as Ilikini Naitini, was the leader of the Fiji coup of 2000, in which he and an elite unit of Fiji's military detained thirty-six members of parliament and held them hostage from May 19, 2000 to July 13, 2000.

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Governor of Fiji

Fiji was a British Crown Colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987.

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Governor-General of Fiji

Fiji became a British Crown Colony in 1874, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth in 1970.

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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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Hari Punja

Hari Punja, OF, OBE (born 1936) is an Indo-Fijian businessman and Chairman of Hari Punja Group of Companies.

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Harish Sharma

Harish Chandra Sharma was a Fiji Indian politician who became the leader of the National Federation Party in 1987.

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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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I. L. Bula

Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamaineiilikenamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau (born 15 November 1921) was a Fijian cricketer who played nine first class matches for Fiji between 1947–48 and 1953–54.

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Indians in Fiji

Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Inoke Takiveikata

Ratu Inoke Takiveikata (born 1947) is a Fijian high chief and former politician.

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Isikia Savua

Isikia Rabici Savua (31 March 1952 – 30 May 2011) was a senior Fijian diplomat, who had a distinguished career in the Military and police forces before taking up his last post as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 4 March 2003.

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Joji Kotobalavu

Jioji Kotobalavu was Fiji civil servant.

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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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Josaia Tavaiqia

Ratu Sir Josaia Tavaiqia (1931 – 17 November 1997) was a Fijian chief and politician, who served as one of two Vice-President of Fiji from 1990 until his death in 1997.

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Joseph Browne (civil servant)

Joseph Browne (born April 14, 1948) is a Fijian civil servant, who was Official Secretary to the late President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, prior to Mara's possibly forced resignation during the insurrection which deposed the constitutional government in 2000.

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Koila Nailatikau

Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau is a Fijian lawyer, who has served as a diplomat and politician.

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Lakeba

Lakeba (pronounced) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here.

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Lala Mara

Ro Lala, Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau (4 January 1931 – 20 July 2004) was a Fijian chief, who was better known as the widow of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, modern Fiji's founding father who served for many years as Prime Minister and President of his country.

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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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Lau Islands

The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea.

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Law enforcement in Fiji

Fiji has a unified national police force, the Fiji Police, whose motto is Salus Populi meaning "Health of the People".

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Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)

The post of Leader of the Opposition is a political office common in countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Legislative Council of Fiji

The Fijian Legislative Council was the colonial precursor to the present-day Parliament, which came into existence when Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970.

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Levuka

Levuka is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji.

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Lomaloma

Lomaloma is a district on the Fiji island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau archipelago.

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Lomé Convention

The Lomé Convention is a trade and aid agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and 71 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries, first signed in February 1975 in Lomé, Togo.

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London School of Economics

The London School of Economics (officially The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as LSE) is a public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Mahendra Chaudhry

The Rt. Hon. Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (Fiji Hindi: महेन्द्र पाल चौधरी PBS, MP; born 9 February 1942) is an Indo-Fijian and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party.

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Marist Brothers High School, Fiji

Marist Brothers High School is a Roman Catholic all-boys high school situated in Suva, the capital of Fiji.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium; abbreviated MA; also Artium Magister, abbreviated AM) is a person who was admitted to a type of master's degree awarded by universities in many countries, and the degree is also named Master of Arts in colloquial speech.

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Meritorious Service Decoration

The Meritorious Service Decorations (Décorations pour service méritoire), available in two forms as the Meritorious Service Cross (Fr.: Croix du service méritoire) and the Meritorious Service Medal (Fr.: Médaille du service méritoire), are Canadian decorations awarded to those who have demonstrated an outstanding level of service or set an exemplary standard of achievement to benefit or honour Canada.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Monarchy of Fiji

The monarchy of Fiji arose in the mid-nineteenth century when native ruler Seru Epenisa Cakobau consolidated control of the Fijian Islands and declared himself King or paramount chief of Fiji (Tui Viti).

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National Federation Party

The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Order of Diplomatic Service Merit

The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Hangul: 수교훈장) is one of South Korea's orders of merit.

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Order of Fiji

The Order of Fiji is the highest honour of the Fijian honours system.

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Order of Pope Pius IX

The Order of Pope Pius IX (Ordine di Pio IX), also referred as the Pian Order (Ordine Piano), is a papal order of knighthood founded on 17 June 1847 by Pope Pius IX.

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Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)

The Order of St John, formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry first constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Otago cricket team

The Otago cricket team (nicknamed the Volts since the 1997-98 season) are a New Zealand first class cricket team formed in 1876 representing the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions.

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Pacific Community

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region.

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Pacific Islands Forum

The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.

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Parliament of Fiji

The Parliament of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of the Fiji.

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Penaia Ganilau

Ratu Sir Penaia Kanatabatu Ganilau (28 July 1918 – 15 December 1993) was the first President of Fiji, serving from 8 December 1987 until his death in 1993.

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Petero Mataca

Petero Mataca (28 April 1933 – 30 June 2014) born at Cawaci, on Ovalau Island, served as the Roman Catholic archbishop of Suva, Fiji until his resignation in 2012.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Port Vila

Port Vila is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu and is on the island of Efate.

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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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Prime Minister of Fiji

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji is the head of government of Fiji.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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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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Reserve power

In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government, a reserve power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government.

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Rewa Province

Rewa is a province of Fiji.

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Ro (title)

Ro is a title used by Fijian chiefs in the Province of Rewa, as well as in areas of Naitasiri, Namosi, and Serua Provinces.

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Robert Sidney Foster

Sir Robert Sidney Foster (11 August 1913 – 12 October 2005) was a British colonial administrator, best remembered as the last colonial Governor of Fiji and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of Fiji.

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Roko Tui Dreketi

The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Rugby football

Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

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Sacred Heart College, Auckland

Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Senate of Fiji

The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament.

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Sidiq Koya

Siddiq Moidin Koya (1924–1993) was a Fijian Indian politician, Statesman and Opposition leader.

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Sitiveni Rabuka

Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, MSD, OStJ, (born 13 September 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.

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Supreme Court of Fiji

The Supreme Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by now-defunct Chapter 9 of the Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

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Suva

Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tevita Mara

Ratu Tevita Kapaiwai Lutunauga Uluilakeba Mara is a Fijian career soldier, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as of early 2006.

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Tevita Momoedonu

Ratu Tevita Momoedonu is a Fijian chief and has served as the fifth Prime Minister of Fiji twice – each time extremely briefly.

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Tevita Uluilakeba III

Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba III (October 4, 1898 – October 4, 1966) was the 12th Tui Nayau and Sau ni Vanua of the Lau Islands.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Timoci Bavadra

Timoci Uluivuda Bavadra (22 September 1934 – 3 November 1989) was a Fijian medical doctor who founded the Fiji Labour Party and served as the Prime Minister of Fiji for one month in 1987.

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Tubou

Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba.

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Tui Lau

Tui Lau is a Fijian chiefly title of recent history which was created during the time of Ma'afu and his conquests.

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Tui Nayau

Tu’i Nayau is the title held by the paramount chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands.

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University of Otago

The University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) is a collegiate university located in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific, or USP is an intergovernmental organisation and public research university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania.

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Vanua Balavu

Vanua Balavu (pronounced) is the third largest island in Fiji's Lau archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.

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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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Vuanirewa

The Vuanirewa is the ruling tribe (yavusa) of the Lau Islands, a scattered group of more than a hundred islands (16 inhabited) and reefs along the eastern edge of Fiji.

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Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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West Indies cricket team

The West Indies cricket team, colloquially known as and (since June 2017) officially branded as the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies.

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Westminster system

The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.

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1977 Fijian constitutional crisis

Fiji's parliamentary election of March 1977 precipitated a constitutional crisis, which was the first major challenge to the country's democratic institutions since independence in 1970.

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1987 Fijian coups d'état

The Fiji coups of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic.

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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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References

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

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