Kamisese Mara
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President of Fiji (1920-2004)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Sitiveni Rabuka , Mahendra Chaudhry , Ratu Tevita Momoedonu
- Preceded by
- Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
- Succeeded by
- Frank Bainimarama , Head of the Interim Military Government
- President
- Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
- Governor general
- Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- Sir Robert Sidney Foster , Ratu Sir George Cakobau , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
- Deputy
- Edward Cakobau , Penaia Ganilau , David Toganivalu, Mosese Qionibaravi
- Governor
- Sir Derek Jakeway , Sir Robert Sidney Foster
- Born
- 6 May 1920, Lomaloma , Vanua Balavu , Colony of Fiji , British Empire
- Died
- 18 April 2004 (2004-04-18) (aged 83), Suva , Fiji
- Resting place
- Tubou , Lakeba , Fiji
- Party
- Alliance Party
- Spouse s
- Ro Lady Lala Mara (née Tuisawau), 11 September 1949 – 18 April 2004 (his death)
- Children
- Ateca Ganilau Koila Nailatikau Asenaca Kakua Finau Mara Joji Tuisawau Litia Cakobau Elenoa Tuilau Tevita Mara
- Parents
- Tevita Uluilakeba III (father) Lusiana Qolikoro (mother)
- Alma mater
- University of Otago , London School of Economics , Wadham College, Oxford
- Profession
- Economist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Fiji
- Place of birth
- Fiji
- Place of death
- Suva
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Otago
- Political party
- Alliance Party
- Languages spoken
- Fijian
- Sport
- Cricket
- Image
- Kamisese Mara.jpg
- Number of children
- 8
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1920-05-06
- date of death
- 2004-04-18
- cause of death
- stroke
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Encyclopedic overview
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, as the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992. He subsequently served as president from 1993 to 2000.
Early life and education: 1920 to 1950
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