Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and ... Mara, who with his son was linked to the coup, became Fiji’s president seven years later. “His leadership was marked by discipline ...

Ratu Mara has backdated his resignation to the end of 29 May, the same day martial law was declared. Last month a high court judgement found that the current interim government, installed by the ...

Ratu Mara, a paramount chief, was Fiji's first and longest-serving prime minister. He later became president and was forced to stand aside during a nationalist coup four years ago. Government ...

Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara, politician: born Lomaloma, Fiji 6 May 1920 ... On the death of the first President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, in December 1993, Mara succeeded him.